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🏔️ Eremo delle Carceri
Franciscan hermitage on Mount Subasio, Assisi


🕐 3 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 12:21

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • Located on the slopes of Mount Subasio, near Assisi, Umbria, Italy
  • Part of UNESCO World Heritage site "Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites" (inscribed 2000)
  • Built around natural caves used by Saint Francis of Assisi for prayer and retreat
  • Active Franciscan hermitage; open to public with guided tours available

Eremo delle Carceri, or the Hermitage of the Prisons, is a sacred site nestled on the forested slopes ...

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