When the time has the stroke of eternity...

...and the space seems to have the breath of infinity.

probably you are in one of the most suggestive hermitages of Umbria: "Speco of Narni".

Walking on St. Francis' Way, signed by the franciscan simbol "TAU",



you come in a pretty and pleasant olive-yard, at the foot of a steep hill.

Climbing it in about 20 minutes, you can arrive at the Convent, perched on the rock over the Ternana Valley



It's nice, but it isn't the most suggestive part of the hermitage (but inside you can visit a little chapel of XI century). Going up, above the convent, you can arrive at the real "speco" (it's a latin word, that means cleft), where St. Francis has leaved the mark of his contemplation

If you don't know St. Francis and his places, you cannot understand this territory; everywhere you walk, you are walking under his shadow.