Historical reconstruction and crtitical reading of Via Francigena between Viterbo and Monterosi in the cartography of modern and contemporary age
Author(s)
Sorrentino, Claudia
Date Issued
2022
Type
conferenceObject
Start Page
36
End Page
40
Abstract
At the end of the first millennium, numerous pilgrims crossed Europe to go to the tomb of the Apostle Peter in Rome in prayer or to continue to Jerusalem in the Holy Land. The practice of pilgrimage assumed such importance that real ‘ways of faith’ developed dotted with resting places, villages and abbeys to host pilgrims. Among the most important streets is the Via Francigena, which still represents the main route today. The name ‘Francigena’ in fact indicates the road or roads that ‘from the Land of the Franks’ allowed the faithful from beyond the Alps to reach Rome in prayer. The objective of this study is to ideally reconstruct the route of the Via Francigena in the stretch between Viterbo and Monterosi, through the critical reading of the historical cartography of the modern and contemporary age, from which emerges the extreme vitality of the Via Francigena in the medieval and post medieval.
Conference(s)
12th European Symposium of Religious Art, Restoration and Conservation