After the previous shot I wanted to get one of the street leading up the hill to the basilica. (That is, the previously mentioned Via Frate Elia.) However several of our tour group had passed me by then, and the shot would have been of the backs of a group of tourists walking up an Assisi street.

It's not that I mind having people in a shot, and indeed would have preferred it had they been either locals or monks, but I don't think that a shot of a group of tourists would convey the right air for Assisi. Oh, wait, who am I kidding, of course it would have!

As with many places in Italy, the only way that you get tourist-free shots is if you're staying there and can get out and shooting before the tourist buses arrive. Unfortunately, on any given trip there are only so many nights and therefore only so many places that you can stay, so for the rest of the time you just shoot it tourists and all, because in real life... that's the way it is.

Though looking at it another way, Assisi has been a town of pilgrimage for hundreds of years, so it's not like having non-locals on the street is new here.

Regardless, I decided to keep the tourist factor to a minimum and shoot back DOWN the street from the top of the hill instead. The bell tower and dome of the Chiesa di San Pietro, mentioned in previous shots, can be seen at the vanishing point. I still picked up a couple of the tail end charlies from our group; the one in front is Anna if I recall, followed by her husband whose name entirely escapes me (Eddie maybe?), followed by the guy in the blue shirt whose name was Nick (I think) though I don't recall his last name.

On the wall on the left (which you may or may not be able to make out at gallery size) is a sign reading "Pace e Bene", loosely, "peace and goodness". This was an expression that St Francis used regularly in greeting.