By Talha Najeeb in Newsletter — Aug 20, 2021 Basilica di San Francesco You are looking at the Basilica of San Francesco. The saint of Assisi travelled to Egypt to try to convert the Sultan who was a nephew of Salahuddin Ayyubi. He failed but the gracious treatment he received from the Muslim Sultan left an indelible mark on him. (While you’re here: my last two posts got published on Petapixel as a single article. You can check it out here)