Saint Maria Maggiore
In plaza of the Bishopric the church of Saint Maria Maggiore is found.
The church was built above an ancient Roman temple (perhaps devoted to Giano and of which something is still visible in the undergrounds) in the classical Gothic Roman style assisiano of the XI - XII.
The church of Saint Maria Maggiore was existing to the epoch of St. Francis and was used up to 1035 as Cathedral in Assisi (at least up to that the Cathedral of St. Rufino was not ended and the Bishop Ugo transferred here the bishopric).
The façade is sober, with only a small central rose window, while the inside is separated in three aisles.
The walls are probably fresco by anonymous artists of school umbra, restored in the thirties and (to seem some writer) of good invoice, but their state of maintenance is not good (as you can see)....
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Not missed to visit the crypt paleocristiana.
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