Editor’s note: "Retire in Italy" is part of an ongoing series on retiring abroad. You can see all the articles in the series at the end of this story. Whether landing a gorgeous villa in Tuscany ...

If you're an architecture buff, take some time to check out the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, which was constructed beginning in 1869. Located a block east of the Santa Fe Plaza ...

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.