The Basilica Santa Chiara (St. Claire) has the tomb of St. Claire. No pictures were allowed in the tomb or church.

All of the streets were so pretty.

You can see why they don't let everyone drive down the streets.

A pretty piazza with a fountain.

Sanctuary of the New Church, Parental home of Saint Francisco.

They were holding some kind of ceremony inside.

We didn't know what they were doing but a lot of them were wearing these robes.

Back down the street. You can see there are more people here than in Cortona.

It was getting dark and we were a little worried about finding our way back so we decided to start heading back to the hotel.

We had time to go back to the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli.

The church was huge. It was almost to the scale of St. Peter's Basilica.

Inside, directly underneath the dome is The Porziuncola. The chiesetta (little church) is the most sacred place for Franciscans. It is considered a holy place. Francis was given this little church, dating from the 9th century, from Benedictine monks. Before his death, St. Francis himself pointed out the Portiuncola as a primary source of inspiration and a model for all his followers.

No pictures were allowed inside.

We left Assisi to head back to the hotel. We got hopelessly lost, in the dark. We also didn't have a map that had Assisi on it. To get there, we just followed signs. It was only by pure luck that we saw a sign for Chiusi and made our way back. We missed dinner. The next day we looked at the map and we were in a completely different direction than we thought we were. If it hadn't been for the sign we might still be driving!