The upper basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi is one of the two structures that make up the basilica of San Francesco in Assisi, together with the lower basilica. It is accessed from the upper square of San Francesco.
The basilica was begun in 1228 by Gregory IX and completed in 1253 by Innocent IV, with the work of the best architects, decorators and painters of the time.
The upper basilica, which was important in the spread of Gothic in Italy, was designed to become a pilgrimage and popular devotion destination.
A second order of interests was more closely linked to the papacy, which by now saw in the Franciscans the allies to strengthen ties with the humbler classes.
The popes lavished great economic resources and personally took care of the progress of the works, so much so that in a certain sense St. Francis became a sort of papal "palatine chapel", which not surprisingly recalls the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris.
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"The Sermon to the Birds is the fifteenth of the twenty-eight scenes in the cycle of frescoes of the Stories of St. Francis in the Upper Basilica of Assisi, attributed to Giotto. It was probably painted between 1295 and 1299."
The Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi - Virtual Tour 360°
Address: Piazza Inferiore di S. Francesco, 2, 06081
Phone: +39 0758 19001
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