Al termine della mia esperienza volevo fare una riflessione condivisa.
Non a caso ho fatto un diaro di bordo per lo più fotografico, (ringraziando l’amico Keane per avermi dato questa possibilità) non a caso ho denominato il mio cammino slow connection con il paradosso di averlo pubblicato proprio tramite una strumento web veloce.
Tutto questo l’ho voluto proprio perché il mio cammino diventasse anche il vostro e per far riflettere anche voi.
Ad ogni passo mi sono “connesso” a tutto il circostante.
Dal colore, profumo, calore e brivido della natura.
Dall’ incontro con il mondo animale estremamente puro senza contaminazioni.
Dalla solidarietà e fratellanza delle persone con cui ho avuto il piacere di scambiare pensieri e sensazioni.
Dalla libertà stupefaciente di camminare al di fuori di ogni contesto e percorrere in luoghi ricchi di storia.
Il cammino è un’alchimia del tempo sull’anima, è un processo che non può essere immediato e nemmeno veloce.
Il pellegrino che assomma le giornate a piedi lo sperimenta.
In tutto ciò si racchiude quello che l’uomo dovrebbe ricercare, a maggior ragione con il mondo che sta andando al contrario, quindi io vi dico iniziate anche voi a camminare.
Io sono nato per camminare e se mi fermo è per morire.
Slow connection..born to walk!
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Francesco Piacentini has just returned from his walk along part of the Via Francigena from Rome back up to Lucca.
The Via Francigena is the common name of an ancient road and pilgrim route running from France to Rome, though it is usually considered to have its starting point much further away, in the English cathedral city of Canterbury. As such, the route passes through England, France, Switzerland and Italy covering 1900 kms.
In mediaeval times it was an important road and pilgrimage route for those wishing to visit the Holy See and the tombs of the apostles Peter and Paul.
We have been following Francesco Piacentini as he walked back up the country to Lucca and unlike Sigrid the Serious, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who walked the route to Rome and recorded his travels in a journal in the 10th century, we used instagram, cell phones and the 21st century technology of the internet to keep you informed on a daily basis of Francesco’s progress.
All roads lead to Rome
The route was known in Italy as the “Via Francigena” (“the road that comes from France”) or the “Via Romea Francigena” (“the road to Rome that comes from France”).
Only a few decades ago, interest in the Via Francigena was limited to scholars. This began to change in recent years when many who, after travelling the Way of St. James in Spain, wanted to make the pilgrimage to Rome on foot as well. In Italy, this gave birth to a network of lovers of the Via Francigena, who with paint and brush, began to mark its trails and paths. These people were joined by religious and local government agencies who also tried to recover the original route. Where possible today’s route follows the ancient one but sometimes it deviates from the historical path in favour of paths and roads with low traffic.
According to Cicerone Guides, there was an estimated 2,500 Via Francigena pilgrims in 2012 but that number has now gradually increased as more and more people have become interested in this walk.
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