Christmas is year-round in Greccio, a small cliffside village in Lazio. The reason? This is where St Francis of Assisi created the first-ever nativity scene in a cave in 1223.

People enjoy the scenery by boat at a scenic area in Huawu Village, Xinren Miao Township, Qianxi County, Bijie City of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 19, 2021.

He lived in the village until his death in 1959 and used its scenery as the background to many of his paintings. The gallery in the High Street is open throughout the year and has a selection of ...