Assisi, Piazza del Comune
The pilgrim town of St. Francis on a live webcam, its Roman-columned main square in the Umbrian hills.
About this view
Assisi's main square has been the town's living room for two thousand years: the Roman Temple of Minerva still fronts it with intact Corinthian columns, recycled as a church and shrugging off the centuries. This live webcam watches the piazza's gentle daily theatre.
Pilgrims and walkers cross between fountain and cafés; swifts own the evening air in summer; friars in brown habits pass at their unhurried clip. The pace is the point: this is one of the calmest town squares in Italy.
In early May, Calendimaggio brings medieval banners, drums and costumed processions straight through the frame. Otherwise, Umbrian golden hour bathes the stone in exactly the pink the postcards promise.
