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  • The faitful awaiting the weekly Papal Audience in St Peter's Square, the Vatican. Rome, Italy.
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  • A protester stands outside Westminster Cathedral during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010. Voicing opposition to Catholic thinking the man has hand-written a sign of Biblical prophecies stating that the Pope is the Anti-Christ, with the Devil’s number 666 in his name. This is during Pope Benedict 's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Papal supporter Wellington boot worn during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • British Papal supporters wave flags during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Awaiting the weekly Papal Audience in St Peter's Square, the Vatican. Rome, Italy.
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  • Pro-Papal supporters party in front of Westminster Abbey in London during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Anti-Papal protesters hold placards during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Pro-Papal supporters party in front of Westminster Abbey in London during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Pro-Papal supporters party in front of Westminster Abbey in London during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Anti-Papal protesters hold placards during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives in his Popemobile greeted by crowds in Hyde Park during his papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Protesters gather in Hyde Park to voice opposition to Catholic thinking during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. On a placard the words Pope Nope and a picture of Pope Ratzinger is seen as a no entry traffic sign. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Protesters gather in Hyde Park to voice opposition to Catholic thinking during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. The man calls the Pope the head of a group of people responsible ox sex abusers and the face of Pope Ratzinger looking demonic is on his placard. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Sexual abuse victims stand outside Westminster Abbey to show pictures of themselves as young people during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Young girl in the picture and whose nails hold the Comunion portrait is Therese Albrecht from Chicago who was raped as an 8 year-old. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Intert-denominational clergy  await the order to enter Westminster Abbey where Pope Benedict XVI is to address VIPs during papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Two Catholic nuns from the Asia region have walked from St Peter's Square in Vatican City, though Piazza Pio XII and are continuing down the wide street called Via della Conciliazione. Dressed in fine religious gowns complete with beautiful sashes around the waste they walk in step past a shop called Galleria Savelli that sells religious trinkets and other tourist ephemera. Sat basking in the sun is a dalmatian dog with its coat of dark spots and white skin as clean as the nuns' long dresses. Near the centre of the picture are the postcards of the Cisteen chapel and of Pope John Paul II who is seen waving at various Papal events. Also spotless is the Roman pavement which has been swept and cleaned very recently. In the distance is the magnificant Basilica di San Pietro from where the Pope addresses the weekly crowds.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI leads Mass at the Hyde Park rally during his papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI leads Mass at the Hyde Park rally during his papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI leads Mass at the Hyde Park rally during his papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI kisses a baby lifted up to his open car window as he arrives in his Popemobile. Greeted by crowds in Hyde Park during his papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI kisses a baby lifted up to his open car window as he arrives in his Popemobile. Greeted by crowds in Hyde Park during his papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Local Catholic church groups with banners await the start of the Hyde Park rally during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. In the foreground, a man holds a crucifix in his hand while behind, pilgrims hold their banners that will be paraded on stage in front of 80,000 prople. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Catholics read free newspapers to crowds outside Westminster Cathedral before Pope Benedict XVI arrives during his papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. The lady in the foreground with the Harrods bag finds something amusing inside the paper standing on the kerbside in Victoria Street closed to traffic. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI rides in his Popemobile through streets of Westminster during his papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI rides in his Popemobile through streets of Westminster during his papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI's Popemobile is transported to Lambeth Palace during the Pontif's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Two specially-adapted cars were brought over, modified from a Mercedes M-Class and each costing £75,000. SCV1 stands for Stato della Citta del Vaticano. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements of the tour, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI leads Mass at the Hyde Park rally during his papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Local Catholic church groups with banners await the start of the Hyde Park rally during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. In the foreground, a man holds a crucifix in his hand while behind, pilgrims hold their banners that will be paraded on stage in front of 80,000 people. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Protesters gather in Hyde Park to voice opposition to Catholic thinking during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI rides in his Popemobile through streets of Westminster during his papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Sexual abuse victims stand outside Westminster Abbey to show pictures of themselves as young people during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Sexual abuse victims stand outside Westminster Abbey to show pictures of themselves as young people during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Nuns waiting for the Pope to attend his weekly audience at St Peter's Square. TheVatican, Rome, Italy.
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  • Nuns waiting for the Pope to attend his weekly audience at St Peter's Square. TheVatican, Rome, Italy.
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  • Nuns waiting for the Pope to attend his weekly audience at St Peter's Square. TheVatican, Rome, Italy.
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  • Priests in St Peter's Square, The Vatican. Rome, Italy.
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  • Nuns waiting for the Pope to attend his weekly audience at St Peter's Square. TheVatican, Rome, Italy.
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  • The Pope greeting the faithful from the back of his vehicle at his weekly audience at St Peter's Sqaure, the vatican. Rome, Italy
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  • Nuns waiting for the Pope to attend his weekly audience at St Peter's Square. TheVatican, Rome, Italy.
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  • Nuns waiting for the Pope to attend his weekly audience at St Peter's Square. TheVatican, Rome, Italy.
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  • Nuns waiting for the Pope to attend his weekly audience at St Peter's Square. TheVatican, Rome, Italy.
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  • Nuns talking to member of the Swiss Guards while waiting for the Pope to attend his weekly audience at St Peter's Square. TheVatican, Rome, Italy.
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  • Nuns waiting for the Pope to attend his weekly audience at St Peter's Square. TheVatican, Rome, Italy.
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  • Two nuns with their early morning shadows, walk over the cobbles of St. Peters Square in front of the Vatican, on 3rd November 1999, in Rome, Italy.
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  • A shrine to Polish-born Pope John Paul II, on 17th September 2019, in Dolina Chocholowska, near Zakopane Malopolska, Poland. Jan Pawel II; born Karol Jozef Wojtyla 1920-2005 was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.
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  • Candles burn in a shrine to Polish-born Pope John Paul II, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Jan Pawel II; born Karol Jozef Wojtyla 1920-2005 was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.
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  • A Catholic priest leans his briefcase on railings to show a document to two nuns in St. Peters Square, on 3rd November 1999, in Vatican City, Rome, Italy.
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  • A shrine to Polish-born Pope John Paul II, on 17th September 2019, in Dolina Chocholowska, near Zakopane Malopolska, Poland. Jan Pawel II; born Karol Jozef Wojtyla 1920-2005 was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.
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  • Candles burn in a shrine to Polish-born Pope John Paul II, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Jan Pawel II; born Karol Jozef Wojtyla 1920-2005 was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.
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  • A detail of photos that are on sale to those who have shaken the hand of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, on 3rd November 1999, in Rome, Italy. Jan Pawel II; born Karol Jozef Wojtyla 1920-2005 was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.
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  • Candles burn in a shrine to Polish-born Pope John Paul II, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Jan Pawel II; born Karol Jozef Wojtyla 1920-2005 was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.
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  • Victorian buildings and closed shops and resturants on The Minories, Whitechapel on 16th April 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Normally crowded with people, London is like a ghost town as workers stay home under lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic. The Minories area was a papal peculiar outside the jurisdiction of the English bishops. The abbey was dissolved in 1539 when the property passed to the Crown. The chapel of the former abbey became the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories, and other buildings were used as an armoury and later as a workhouse. In 1686, the area became part of the Liberties of the Tower of London. The Minories area historically hosted a large Jewish community. Minories Holy Trinity was abolished as a civil parish in 1895 and absorbed into the parish of Whitechapel.
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  • Tourists at the Piazza Inferiore di San Francesco at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Tourists at the Piazza Inferiore di San Francesco at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Exterior view over the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi and the valley to the west in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Tourists outside the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • View at sunset over the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi and the valley to the west in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • View at sunset over the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi and the valley to the west in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Exterior with tourists at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Exterior with tourists at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • A pectoral crucifix cross worn by an anonymous Anglican (Protestant Church of England) Bishop during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • Tourists at the Piazza Inferiore di San Francesco at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Tourists at the Piazza Inferiore di San Francesco at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Tourists at the Piazza Inferiore di San Francesco at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Tourists at the Piazza Inferiore di San Francesco at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Tourists at the Piazza Inferiore di San Francesco at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Tourists at the Piazza Inferiore di San Francesco at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Tourists at the Piazza Inferiore di San Francesco at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Tourists at the Piazza Inferiore di San Francesco at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Tourists at the Piazza Inferiore di San Francesco at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Exterior view over the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi and the valley to the west in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Exterior view over the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi and the valley to the west in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Tourists outside the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • View at sunset over the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi and the valley to the west in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • View at sunset over the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi and the valley to the west in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Ornately painted interior of the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Ornately painted interior of the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
    20180815_assisi basilica interior_00...jpg
  • View at sunset over the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi and the valley to the west in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • View at sunset over the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi and the valley to the west in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Exterior with tourists at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Exterior with tourists at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Exterior with tourists at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • Tourists outside the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • View at sunset over the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi and the valley to the west in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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  • View at sunset over the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi and the valley to the west in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
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