Via Francigena

The Via Francigena is ancient road and pilgrims route between Canterbury and Rome, which passes through England, France, Switzerland and Italy

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Via Francigena':

  • Canterbury Starting point
  • Reims
  • Rome Final destination
  • San Gimignano ".. was a relay point on the Via Francigena" (ICOMOS)
  • Siena
  • Val d'Orcia Via Francigena and its associated abbeys, inns, shrines, bridges etc are explicitly included in this WHS