Basilica di Santa Chiara, Minor basilica in Assisi, Italy

The Basilica di Santa Chiara is a Gothic church in Assisi built with pink and white stone quarried from Monte Subasio. Its structure features side flying buttresses, a tall central nave, and the city's highest bell tower.

Construction began in 1257, just two years after Clare was declared a saint, and the builders incorporated the earlier Church of Saint George. That earlier church had once held the remains of Saint Francis before they were relocated.

Clare's feast is kept on 11 August, the translation of her remains on 3 October and the finding of her body on 23 September. Her sister Agnes of Assisi is buried here too. In the Oratory of the Relics, behind a grille, are kept the deacon's tunic of Francis embroidered by Clare, her habit, mantle, cord and hair, and a sandal and stocking of Francis made by her.

The basilica is within walking distance in Assisi's old town and involves some stairs and slopes in the surrounding streets. Morning visits tend to be quieter and offer better light inside the building for seeing the details.

The original San Damiano crucifix, which spoke to Saint Francis at San Damiano, is kept in the Oratory of the Crucifix, reached through the Chapel of Saint George, not above the high altar. The high altar instead holds a late-13th-century crucifix by the Master of Santa Chiara.