San Martino Chapel is a chapel in the Lower Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi, Umbria, central Italy. Commissioned and funded by Cardinal Gentile Portino da Montefiore, it features a cycle of frescoes by Simone Martini (1313–1318), portraying the life of Saint Martin of Tours in 4th-century France.
Detail of the Investiture of St. Martin as a Knight.
St. Martin Sharing the Mantle with a Beggar
Apparition of Christ and Angels in St. Martin's Dream
Investiture of St. Martin as Knight
Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
The Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town in the Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. It is a papal minor basilica and one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. With its accompanying friary, Sacro Convento, the basilica is a distinctive landmark to those approaching Assisi. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000.
The Lower and Upper basilicas and the portico, as seen from the Lower Plaza of Saint Francis.
Basilica, as seen from the valley below.
Rear viewed from the north-west
Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi from below
