The pale stone hill town of Assisi stacked up its hillside in flat hard August sun
A wide stone square in front of a church in Assisi filling with tour groups and sun umbrellas in hard August light
Victoria van der Berg carrying a blue scarf through a sunlit stone colonnade in Assisi
Visitors standing in the sunlit frescoed nave of the basilica in Assisi
A shallow tray of thousands of tiny numbered painted plaster fragments recovered from a collapsed fresco in Assisi
Looking up at a ribbed medieval stone vault above the western entrance of the basilica in Assisi
Restoration scaffolding and dust sheets standing against a frescoed vault inside the basilica at Assisi
Victoria van der Berg in a linen dress with a navy scarf standing in a tall lit church interior in Assisi
Victoria van der Berg in a high-necked cream dress with her head tipped back against warm medieval stone in Assisi
Victoria van der Berg standing close to a frescoed arcade in Assisi in soft interior light
Tight detail of a medieval Italian fresco showing a small bird on a painted sill beside a wooden door
A long wall of medieval frescoes running at eye level in raking light in Assisi
Victoria van der Berg alone in the tall frescoed nave of the Upper Basilica in Assisi in full morning daylight
The tall bright single-aisle nave of the Upper Basilica in Assisi with daylight falling across the floor
Victoria van der Berg with a pale wrap climbing worn stone stairs toward the light in Assisi
Medieval stone steps in Assisi worn into deep smooth hollows by centuries of feet
Worn stone steps leading down to a lit crypt behind a wrought-iron grille in Assisi
Victoria van der Berg standing still with her eyes closed in the candlelit painted interior of a church in Assisi
A bank of thin lit tapers burning in a blackened stone niche in Assisi
The dark Lower Basilica in Assisi with its deep blue vault of gold stars and rows of lit candles down the nave
Victoria van der Berg with a blue scarf beneath the deep blue gold-starred vault of the Lower Basilica in Assisi
A deep carved medieval stone portal in Assisi with worn steps and heavy timber doors standing open
Victoria van der Berg lifting a soft blue cotton scarf over her shoulders at a stone doorway in Assisi
Victoria van der Berg with a blue scarf at the deep stone entrance of the basilica in Assisi with visitors behind her
Victoria van der Berg in a pale linen dress inside the frescoed upper basilica at Assisi in early morning light
Victoria van der Berg at the Rocca Maggiore above Assisi with the panorama below
Victoria van der Berg in a quiet convent garden courtyard in Assisi
Victoria van der Berg on a hotel terrace in Assisi with the valley and terracotta rooftops below
Victoria van der Berg in Piazza del Comune in Assisi before the Temple of Minerva columns
Victoria van der Berg on a stone belvedere overlooking Assisi and the Umbrian valley
A glass of Sagrantino di Montefalco wine with truffle crostini and cheese
Torta al testo, Umbrian griddle flatbread filled with cured meats and greens
Umbrian strangozzi pasta with shaved black truffle on a rustic ceramic plate
A medieval Assisi lane at night with warm lantern light on pale stone
Sagrantino vineyards on the hills around Montefalco near Assisi
A flower-filled medieval alley in Spello near Assisi hung with geraniums
The arcaded Piazza Inferiore before the Lower Church of San Francesco in Assisi
The facade of the Upper Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi with its Gothic rose window
The Basilica of San Francesco and Assisi rooftops at golden hour above the valley
A medieval Assisi alley at twilight with wrought-iron lamps glowing on pale stone
Via San Francesco in Assisi, a sloping street of pale stone arches leading to the Basilica
The Calendimaggio spring festival in Assisi with costumed townspeople and banners
Silver-green olive groves on the slopes below Assisi
A rustic-elegant Assisi hotel room with an arched window framing the valley
The Eremo delle Carceri, the Franciscan forest hermitage on Monte Subasio above Assisi
The Basilica of Santa Chiara in Assisi, its pink and white striped facade and rose window
The Rocca Maggiore fortress above Assisi with the Umbrian valley below
The Temple of Minerva in Assisi, six first-century Corinthian columns on the main square
Piazza del Comune in Assisi with the Roman Temple of Minerva facade and a medieval tower
The Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi, its arcaded portico and bell tower in warm afternoon light
Victoria van der Berg with an espresso at a cafe on Piazza del Comune in Assisi
Victoria van der Berg in a lamplit medieval vicolo in Assisi at dusk
Victoria van der Berg with a vintage suitcase on the approach to Assisi
Victoria van der Berg on the lawn of the Piazza Inferiore before the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi
Victoria van der Berg in a white dress on an Assisi lane lined with red geraniums
Victoria van der Berg at a candlelit table in a stone-vaulted Assisi trattoria
Victoria van der Berg at an evening aperitivo on Piazza del Comune in Assisi
Victoria van der Berg in an ivory linen dress on a stepped stone alley in Assisi
