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Eremo delle Carceri, Assisi

Devil Hole
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Devil Hole

Just outside the exit door from the Grotto of St. Francis is a quatrefoil-shaped hole in the smooth pink stone. This is the "Devil Hole," which looks into the not-very-deep crevasse into which St. Francis is said to have tossed a demon. Many visitors throw coins into the hole.

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