Assisi, for Christmas video projections of Giotto's frescoes on the facade of the Basilica

Frescos by Giotto projected onto the facade of the basilica of St. Francis: that’s Assisi ’s idea for this Christmas holiday, starting Dec. 6. The video projections will also affect the cathedral of San Rufino, and in addition, also in front of the basilica, a statue of a nurse will be placed to pay tribute to the health workers who spent themselves during the health emergency.

The project is called The Christmas of Francis and will also be available through a website and an app with which anyone can connect to Assisi to see Giotto’s Nativity projected on the facade of the basilica. It will be a different way of setting up the nativity scene (there will also be statues in the square). Instead, theAnnunciation will be projected on the facade of the Cathedral, and the city’s other monuments (the basilica of St. Clare, the two fortresses, Monte Frumentario, the Civic Tower) will be illuminated with light effects. And then again, every evening from 5 to 10 p.m., every 30 minutes Giotto’s Nativity will be turned off and in its place a videomapping show will be offered, allowing viewers to see inside the basilica.

“A choice for a more sustainable economy,” said Father Enzo Fortunato, director of the press room of the Sacro Convento in Assisi, “and on a human scale consistent with the Assisi Manifesto and the message of Laudato Si’, as Ermete Realacci, of the Symbola Foundation, also recalled. Present were, among others: the CEO of Enel, Francesco Starace; architect Mario Cucinella, who curated the art direction; the mayor of Assisi, Stefania Proietti; and the project coordinator, Alessio Antonielli. A special Christmas that will relive the Franciscan spirit right in the Nativity scene invented by the Saint of Assisi with multimedia video projections, on the facades of the Upper Basilica of St. Francis and the Cathedral of San Rufino, video mapping and light displays in the streets of the city. In addition to bringing Giotto’s frescoes to life, we chose to include a life-size statue of a nurse in the Nativity scene, not only to pay tribute to the work of health workers during the pandemic, but also to say, ’Together. Because no one is saved alone,’ as Pope Francis reminds us.”

Assisi, for Christmas video projections of Giotto's frescoes on the facade of the Basilica

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