Santa Maria degli Angeli (Assisi)
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Santa Maria degli Angeli is a frazione of the comune of Assisi, Umbria (central Italy).
It counts c. 6,700 inhabitants, and is located c. 4 km south from Assisi. The name of the city was used by the Spanish Franciscan missionaries as the name of Los Angeles, now one of the largest cities of the United States.
It is home to the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, which includes the Porziuncola, the most sacred place of the Franciscan Order of the Roman Catholic Church. St. Francis of Assisi himself died here.
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