Road up to the Piazza del Comune
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

Tempio di Minerva on Piazza del Comune
Piazza del Comune, the main square, is dominated by the perfectly preserved columns of the Tempio di Minerva from the Augustan era [Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The chess set I wanted to buy ..but the shop was closed
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The church occupied the site of the church of San Giorgio, where St Francis had been buried before his remains were moved
The church occupied the site of the church of San Giorgio, where St Francis had been buried before his remains were moved to the basilica in 1230 [Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The exterior of the building consists of alternate strips of pink and white stone, with massive supporting arches on either side
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The giant steps to the Basilica di San Francesco
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The giant steps to the Basilica di San Francesco
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The interior has the same layout as the Upper Basilica of St Francis
The interior has the same layout as the Upper Basilica of St Francis, with a single nave that terminates in a transept and polygonal apse [Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The Palazzo Capitano del Popolo, built between 1212 and 1305, was the first public building to be erected in Piazza del Comune
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The Palazzo Comunale is home to the Pinacoteca Comunale, an art gallery with works by local medieval artists
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

The preservation of the streets and buildings over the centuries has helped to maintain the charm of the town.
The preservation of the streets and buildings over the centuries has helped to maintain the charm of the town. It was added World Heritage Listed in 2000 [Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

Traffic and parking within the town-walls is admitted for few hours only per day
[Assisi - Umbria - Italy]

St Anne's Church (Sv Onos baznycia) [Vilnius - Lithuania]
St Anne's Church (Sv Onos baznycia) [Vilnius - Lithuania]

St Anne's Church (Sv Onos baznycia) and the Church of the Bernardine [Vilnius - Lithuania]
St Anne's Church (Sv Onos baznycia) and the Church of the Bernardine [Vilnius - Lithuania]

St. Ann's Church and the Church of the Bernardine, built at the end of 15th century in the Gothic style, and rebuilt after the f
St. Ann's Church and the Church of the Bernardine, built at the end of 15th century in the Gothic style, and rebuilt after the fires of 1560 and 1564 [Vilnius - Lithuania]