Italy - Day Six - Road to Naples

We left the small AirBnB and headed for Assisi

 We found a carpark in the heart of the town quickly.
This was another Hilltop town that is set with very narrow streets.

the town square is not very big.

And the road into it is very steep.

 the side street and narrower.

the Basilica of San Francesco di Assisi was the Target and we made it.
this is where St Francis of Assisi came from.

 the Statue out the front is impressive,  standng12ft tall

 The Basilica is a Tourist Mecca for Catholic church members
So tourist numbers were up.

Inside I was impressed this Basilica has been built to remember him.
All that was here originally was a small monastery

It had the Saints Clock he worn

The Monstery is bigger but still active.

The chapel was ornately decorated.

 it had a smaller chapel to the side as well.
All beautifully decorated

the basement also had another chapel.
inside the basement is a tomb with his remains.
NO Photo's and poorly light.

Outside you got to see the scale of this basilica.

At this point, Jennifer wasn't feeling well so head back to the car to rest. Little did I know that trouble was brewing in her.

 I went for a wander in the town.

and a lot of these places were built in the 1200-1500s

 The street was narrow. Only big another for donkeys to walk up.

the town fountain was new, from the 1800s

As I wanted to catch up to Jennifer I went to the
Cathedral of San Rufino

inside was as impressive as I had thought.
But this was the local church the other was for tourists.

 I climbed the tower and saw a fantastic view
Jennifer had called and wanted me to hurry up.

 I left Assisi quickly to get back to Jennifer
She wasn't feeling well and wanted us to get backon the road so she could relax at the next Hotel.

 oK while driving the on the Freeway Jennifer got worse.
So while driving passed Madonna Degli Angeli.
I took into a medical clinic.
They quickly took Jennifer to a hospital in Civita Castellana.
where Jennifer and Myself sat for 6 hours.
When we finally got to the Naples Hotel, Jennifer just wanted to rest

And with a Room like this, she could.

Italy - Day Five - Road to Perugia

Perugia was the Target of the day.

So the plan was to stop on the Way at a Town called

Raveena

So we took off early and made it there early in the morning.

First was to stop at the Basilica di San Vitale

This was an octagonal domed church known for its elaborate, richly colored Byzantine mosaics.

We were lucky and got a carpark right behind the building.

Surprisingly it was busy inside due to all the school groups.

This was an oddly shaped building.

While we waited, we went into a small chapel

 called the chapel of Saint Maria Maggiore

This was a small chapel built over 200 years ago.

The Basilica was easy to get to. And it looked normal

Once inside we looked up.

WOW, the tile work here was incredible.

And the floor work the same.

how they did it, we could just imagine the amount of work that went into it.

and the workmanship would  amazing

 the ceiling was all Tiles.

 The Mausoleum di Galla Placidia was next to the Basilica

 5th-century chapel built in the shape of a Latin cross, embellished with colorful Roman mosaics.
This is a chapel with a large Tomb in the middle to it.

This was still an amazing place.

 After this, we went for a walk around the town.

 We found other chapels

This the Baptismal of Neon.

 This was part of the Duomo o Basilica Ursiana
Again this was amazing

 We stopped for Lunch enjoying a Pizza and Blood Red Orange Juice

 The Drive to Perugia was long so we got there late afternoon.

this was the First Mountain Town we had gotten into.
The streets were very tight and finding parking was near impossible.

 The town was an interesting one.

we explored the local Basilica.

 This was an interesting Basilica

 Very fine detail everywhere.

it was placed to hide out of the rain.

after exiting the Basilica

we crossed the road to the hall of Notaries.
It is still a functioning hall.
Across the road was a museum of Art.

 A Gothic palazzo houses this collection of regional art & artifacts from the 13th to 19th century.

The painting was not what we expected.
but it was still a good museum
we could see from the windows the narrow streets we had to walk down to leave the Place.

 the streets were very tight

 The sculptures were good and the details very fine.

Once out there, we had dinner down the alley

Perugia is a mountain town and what view.
This was so impressive we decided we would see Assisi in the morning.
we were halfway through the Italy Holiday and it was proving to be the best Holiday for YEARS.