Assisi
Assisi
Ascesi | |
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| Comune di Assisi | |
Assisi | |
Location of Assisi | |
| Coordinates: 43°04′33″N 12°37′03″E / 43.07583°N 12.61750°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Umbria |
| Province | Perugia (PG) |
| Frazioni | List
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| Government | |
| • Mayor | Valter Stoppini (PD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 186.8 km2 (72.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 424 m (1,391 ft) |
| Population (1 January 2022) | |
• Total | 27,862 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Assisiani/Assisiati |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 06081 |
| Dialing code | 075 |
| Patron saint | St. Rufinus of Assisi |
| Saint day | 12 August |
| Website | www |
| Official name | Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites |
| Includes | San Damiano, Eremo delle Carceri, Santuario di Rivotorto, Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli and Palazzo del Capitano del Perdono |
| Criteria | Cultural: i, ii, iii, iv, vi |
| Reference | 990 |
| Inscription | 2000 (24th Session) |
| Area | 14,563.25 ha |
| Buffer zone | 4,086.7 ha |
Assisi (/əˈsiːsi/, also US: /-iːzi, əˈsɪsi, -ɪzi/; Italian: [asˈsiːzi]; from Latin: Asisium; Central Italian: Ascesi) is a town and comune of Italy in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio.
It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, born around 50–45 BC. It is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Order of Friars Minor in that town in 1208, and of St. Clare of Assisi (Chiara d'Offreducci), who, with St. Francis, founded the Order of Poor Ladies, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. The 19th-century St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows was also born in Assisi.