The Basilica di San Francesco in Assisi from the Umbria region. It was begun in 1228, two years after the saint's death.
Over the next century important artists from that period like Cimabue, Simone Martini, Pietro Lorenzetti and Giotto decorated the Upper and Lower Churches.
The basilica, which dominates Assisi, is one of the great Christian shrines in the world today.