Chapel of the Transit
The Chapel of the Transit is nowadays located of the right part of the apse of the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, not far away from the church of the Porziuncola.
The Chapel of the Transit is nowadays located of the right part of the apse of the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, not far away from the church of the Porziuncola.
The first documents about the church of St. Peter are dating back to the last years of the 10th century; however it is given that the actual aspect is the results of a large restructuring work realized around 1255 after Christ.
The construction of the Church of Santa Maria della Vittorina seems to date back to the 11th century in memory of a victory on the barbarians: from there the name “ad Victorias”.
The Porziuncola Museum is located in the municipality of Assisi and it is part of the guided itinerary of the sanctuary of Santa Maria degli Angeli.
Just next the magnificent Basilica of St. Francis, you can visit also Bosco di San Francesco (St. Francis’ Wood), an amazing example of Italian rural landscape of 64 acres and over 800 years of history running through woodland and cultivated fields , olive groves and glades .