Santuario della Verna

The Sanctuary of La Verna, a few km from Chiusi della Verna (Arezzo), the National Park of Casentino Forests, Mount Falterona Campigna and is famous for being the place where Saint Francis of Assisi received the stigmata September 17, 1224. Built on the south side of Mount Penna at 1128 meters high, the Sanctuary - the destination of many pilgrims - is home to numerous chapels and places of prayer and meditation, as well as several points of great religious importance.
The Chapel of the Stigmata, the heart of the sanctuary, built on the site of the miraculous event, was built in 1263, a single nave covered by a vault. On the floor is marked by a plaque would be the place where the miracle of the stigmata.