The boundaries
The whole city of Assisi is contained by an ample entourage of boundaries external medioevali on which they detach aloft the Major Fortress> and toward east the Minor Fortress or Rocchicciola.
This building entourage divides in turn him in two parts: one inside and antecendente to 1200 and a more external realized toward the end of 1200.
The building entourage "old" it ended to Door St. George and therefore the Basilica of Saint Chiara realized in 1260 was not defended.
To furor of people the boundaries were wide so that to englobe the Basilica and the realization of the New Gate as east entry to Assisi.
HISTORY OF ASSISI
November 28 th 1442
Assisi was from over one month besieged by the troops of Pope Eugenio IV commanded by the Perugino Niccolo Piccinino one of the greatest captains of fortune of the time.
To the command of the besieged there was Alexander Sforza.
Passing from the aqueduct the men of the Piccinino enter in Assisi forcing Alexander Sforza to retire himself in the Major Fortress and leaving the city in the hands of the looting.
They didn't even save him from the looting the Basilicas of St. Francis and Saint Chiara.
Translation by Office Translation Web 10.
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