Franks Road - the second most popular after the path of St.. Jacob pilgrimage road of medieval Europe. In it, the inhabitants of England and France followed to Rome , and the Italians - to the north, to Canterbury . When moving to the north, it was called the road of the Franks (lat. Via Francigena ), and when it moved south, it was called the road of the Romans (lat. Via Romea ).
The first evidence of the existence of the pilgrim route from Italy to France and back ( Iter Francorum ) dates back to the 870s. At the end of the 10th century, Archbishop Sigerich Serious , who left a description of his route, followed this road from Canterbury to Rome.
In the classic version, the road passed through Viterbo , Siena , Lucca , Lunigiana , Pavia , Ivrea , Great St. Bernard , Lausanne , Besançon , Reims , Arras , Theroanne and Calais , but other routes were not excluded. At the end of the 20th century, European governments began to take steps to revive hiking and cycling through Via Francigena .
Links
- Tourist information
- Wikimedia Commons Via Francigena Media