PIAZZA DEL COMUNE, History

Hi, my name’s Rick, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: Piazza del Comune in Assisi.

You’ll immediately notice that Piazza del Comune has an unusual shape: long and narrow, it looks more like a continuation of the road that runs between Santa Chiara and San Francesco than the heart of political and public life of Assisi.

In medieval towns and cities in Italy, the most important buildings looked onto the square. Those you can see here indeed date back to the Middle Ages; they’re the same ones you saw, or will see later, in the fresco by Giotto entitled “The Homage of a Simple Man” in the Basilica of San Francesco!...