The Hermitage of Greccio Sanctuary (Italian: Santuario Eremo di Greccio) is one of the four shrines erected by Saint Francis of Assisi in the Sacred Valley, along with the Sanctuary of Fonte Colombo, the Sanctuary of the Forest, and the convent of Poggio Bustone.

Greccio (pronounced [ˈɡrett͡ʃo]) is an old hilltown and comune of the province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio, overhanging the Rieti Valley on a spur of the Monti Sabini, a sub-range of the Apennines, about 16 kilometres (10 miles) by road northwest of Rieti, the nearest large town.

2023年12月19日 · Christmas is year-round in Greccio, a small cliffside village in Lazio. The reason? This is where St Francis of Assisi created the first-ever nativity scene in a cave in 1223.

By 1223, when the more famous story of Francis at Greccio took place, Francis was experiencing the weight of disappointment and frustration over the developing institutionalization of the brotherhood. Added to his emotional suffering was the significant physical pain caused by his chronic eye condition, known today as trachoma.

2020年6月22日 · The monastic complex of Greccio is composed of a sanctuary that contains the original chapel, a church (with a crypt that preserves a fresco from the 14th-century with the nativity scene), the ...

2024年12月11日 · Greccio is a pretty, little-known village with a wide central piazza and occupies a panoramic position overlooking the Rieti plain. The former marshland was drained in early Roman times when a canal was dug to the plateau edge at Marmore, allowing the Velino river to cascade into the Terni valley below, forming the highest man-made waterfall in ...

The Shrine of Greccio Known as the Franciscan Bethlehem, the shrine is an imposing architectural compound which clings to the bare rock. The original core of the shrine is the Cappella del Presepio (Nativity Chapel), built in 1228, the year of Saint Francis’ canonisation.

Greccio, è sicuramente uno dei luoghi più belli e pittoreschi della Valle Reatina. L'antico borgo medievale conserva inalterato il fascino e le atmosfere che colpirono S. Francesco. Il Presepe di Greccio

2020年11月4日 · Known by worshipers around the world as the ‘Franciscan Bethlehem,’ the Sanctuary of Greccio is one of the four sanctuaries erected by St. Francis in the so-called Valle Santa (Sacred Valley), in the province of Rieti (Lazio region in central Italy).

Since then, Greccio has undoubtedly been a worldwide heritage site of faith and culture. It has safeguarded the birth right of the symbol of mankind's aspiration for fraternity and peace, overcoming all race, religion and language-based differences, those in terms of ideals, culture as well as all physical barriers.