Monte Subasio

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Monte Subasia, i.e. Mount Subasio (43°3′N 12°40.5′E), is a mountain of the Apennine mountains at the site of which the town of Assisi was built in Roman times, in the central Italian region of Umbria.

The mountain is about 1290 metres above sea level.

Its pink colored stones were used for many Franciscan buildings at the World Heritage site of Assisi. There is a big natural park called Parco del Monte Subasio, where one can study the wildlife and vegetation of central Italy.

[edit] History

Castle Sasso Rosso ('redrock') on the slope of Mount Subasio was the site of Saint Clare of Assisi and Saint Agnes of Assisi' childhood since according to tradition they were the daughters of Favorino Scifi, Conte of Sasso-Rosso, the wealthy representative of an ancient Roman family, who owned a large palace in Assisi as well.

The Benedictine Abbot of St. Benedict of Monte Subasio gave the little church of Porziuncola around 1208 to St. Francis of Assisi, on condition of making it the mother house of his religious family.

[edit] Cultural references

It was the subject of a series of etches by Charles Holroyd
Mount Subasio has been referenced on Alias (2001–2006) several times as part of a prophecy by the fictional 15th century inventor Milo Rambaldi, which goes as follows:

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This woman here depicted will possess unseen marks, signs that she will be the one to bring forth my works: bind them with fury, a burning anger. Unless prevented, at vulgar cost, this woman will render the greatest power unto utter desolation. This woman, without pretense, will have had her effect, never having seen the beauty of my sky behind Mt. Subasio. Perhaps a single glance would have quelled her fire.

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