San Francesco, Narni
Santa Francesco is a late Romanesque and Gothic style, Roman Catholic church, located near the Palazzo dei Priori, in the town of Narni, province of Terni, region of Umbria, Italy. The plain square facade of the church is dominated by an awkward broad but sculpted portal arch, surmounted by an aedicule and a now rectangular window. The interior however has three naves separated by delicate columns delineating side chapels, and ribbed apse and ceilings characteristic of Gothic buildings; the layout is generally that of Latin Cross. Like many Franciscan churches the interior was profusely frescoed. It is said the church was built atop the spot where St Francis resided while in Narni. He had been invited to the town by the then bishop Ugolino, and putatively completed a series of miracles. Construction seems to have started soon after his death, and some cite completion of the church and adjacent convent by 1260. The convent changed hands during the following centuries, and aft ...
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Narni - Chiesa Di San Francesco 1
Narni (in Latin, Narnia) is an ancient hilltown and '' comune'' of Umbria, in central Italy, with 19,252 inhabitants (2017). At an altitude of 240 m (787 ft), it overhangs a narrow gorge of the Nera River in the province of Terni. It is very close to the geographic center of Italy.Narni – Journey to the Center of Italy
Goeurope.about.com. Retrieved on 2017-10-29. There is a stone on the exact spot with a sign in multiple languages.
Goeurope.about.com. Retrieved on 2017-10-29.

History

The area around Narni was already inhabited in the