Monday, June 27, 2011

Assisi

We stayed at the local Camping Village and catching the shuttle bus headed to Assisi - which UNESCO has declared as the peace capital of the world.



It was intriguing, and you can admire the sandstone shades of pink and white from the top of the sweeping San Francesco Road which winds it's way from the bottom to the top of this wonderful city.




We climbed to the top of this village and visited partially restored ruins of Rocca Maggiore - a castle which used to protect those living within it's walls. It was a very long and steep walk but worth it.

The castle as it was



View from the top




The castle itself was well preserved with access to some of the higher levels by a tight cobbled stone walkway - very tight as you can see.




Assisi was beautiful - very clean with cobbled stone streets and not over retailed.

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