- Time of past OR future Camino
- May 2023: Via Francigena, Lucca to Rome
Well this just looks wonderful: This past June a pilgrim's association in Sicily inaugurated the Magna Via Francigena between Palermo and Agrigento.
The English version of the website is still in Italian ... but here are the basics:
... well I'm just falling right down the rabbit hole with this one. It looks like this is part of a larger project, the Cammini Francigeni di Sicilia, that has documented more historic routes on the island. My Italian isn't the best, but I get the impression that most of these aren't organized or developed.
The English version of the website is still in Italian ... but here are the basics:
- It was one of the four great roads in Sicily under the Normans
- It's 180 km, divided into nine stages of 20 to 26 km.
- They have a credenziali that allows you access to pilgrim services
- They have a testimonium for those who walk 100 km, or bike 150 km
- Signs are 'in the process of being put up.'
- There's no baggage service yet.
- The via is more 'spiritual' and historical-cultural than religious. (Their words, not mine!)
... well I'm just falling right down the rabbit hole with this one. It looks like this is part of a larger project, the Cammini Francigeni di Sicilia, that has documented more historic routes on the island. My Italian isn't the best, but I get the impression that most of these aren't organized or developed.