The three Roman roads, a meeting point for all Europe!
Date: 2023-04-06
On 23 March the conference dedicated to the three Roman roads was held in the Italian capital, focusing on the importance of these routes in connecting the entire Europe.
The three routes in question, Via Francigena, Romea Germanica and Romea Strata, are the historic ways that led pilgrims, merchants, travellers and armies to the Eternal City since the Middle Ages, are now being studies in the rurAllure pilot Thermal heritage pilot on the Ways to Rome.
The meeting welcomed routes’ representatives for a discussion about promotion of the pilgrimages and enhancement of their visibility in view of the 2025 Catholic Jubilee.
Via Francigena, connecting Canterbury and Rome, is one of the oldest pilgrimage routes, managed by the European Association of the Via Francigena ways (EAVF). EAVF, a rurAllure partner, a non-profit organisation created in 2001, currently unites 215 local authorities such as municipalities, provinces and regions.
Via Romea Germanica was the most important connection between Rome and the Germanic empires for many centuries. Its itinerary represents a “living monument” stretching from German Stade through Austria to Northern Italy and Rome. The Cultural Routes was established in December 2018 in Bolzano with the creation of the Via Romea Germanica Association which piloted its recognition as a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe in 2020. The University of Bologna is part of the Scientific Committee of the Association
Via Romea Strata refers to the pilgrimage paths from Eastern Europe: routes from the Baltic Sea (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), Poland, Czech Republic and Austria through Tarvisio; from the Balkans through Hungary, from Slovenia via Gorizia and from Croatia through Trieste. The revival of the Romea Strata as a comprehensive pilgrimage routes’ network was an initiative of the Fondazione Homo Viator San Teobaldo, a rurAllure partner, together with the Italian Centre for Compostellan Studies. The route’s working group involves several associations, experts on different regional territories and on the rediscovery of ancient pilgrimage routes. […]
