Eremo delle Carceri

The Eremo delle Carceri is a hermitage complex located 791 metres (2,595 ft) above sea level[1] in a steep forest gorge upon Monte Subasio, in Umbria, in central Italy, four kilometers above Assisi.

The oratory became known as Santa Maria delle Carceri after the small "prisons" occupied by friars in the area.

Around 1400, Saint Bernardino of Siena built a small friary, which includes a little choir and a simple refectory.

St. Bernardino also extended the earlier chapel by building a small church, which was also named Santa Maria delle Carceri.

In the centuries that followed, various buildings were added around St. Francis' cave and the original oratory, forming the sizable complex that exists today.