Romea Strata

Ancient pilgrimage routes

Romea Strata is an initiative of the Pilgrimage Office of the Diocese of Vicenza, in collaboration with the Centro Italiano Studi Compostellani.

The working group is composed of individuals from various associations, experts in different regional territories, and specialists in the rediscovery of ancient pilgrimage routes on foot. Many ecclesial, civil, and cultural institutions of local and national importance promote and believe in the project. The choice of name, in addition to recalling Rome—the most important destination for pilgrims (the Romei) as they journeyed along the peninsula—is intended to ideally extend the connection to the Romea road to all routes in northeastern Italy. This was the main path crossed by medieval pilgrims from the Eastern Alps and Venice as they headed toward the tombs of Peter and Paul.

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the objectives

- To rediscover the faith, religiosity, and culture of the ancient pilgrimage routes that passed through Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trentino Alto Adige, Veneto, Emilia Romagna, and Tuscany.
- To raise awareness of the ancient “Ways of Faith”: nourishment for the spirit and places of encounter between man and creation.
- To foster, through walking, a culture of the gratuitousness of the gift and of hospitality, generating fruitful exchange between different people and cultures.
- To offer the millions of pilgrims who travel the routes to Santiago, Rome, and Jerusalem every year a broader and more vibrant system of pilgrimage roads that can still be traveled today.

the rediscovery of an

itinerary of faith and culture

Pilgrimage on foot is a highly contemporary form of experience with strong social implications and a wide economic impact on local territories.

The Romea Strata is not only a path of the Spirit, but also a living historical-cultural heritage of the community, to be known, promoted, and protected.

It is a place through which to educate younger generations in the care, intelligence, and respect for their own history and territory, in the conviction that retracing ancient paths, especially on foot, generates more appropriate and intense forms of relationship with the land and the communities that inhabit it.

the sections of the

Romea Strata

The Romea Strata follows the ancient system of routes that led from northeastern Italy to Rome. It involves five Italian regions, covering over 1,300 km. The route is divided into nine sections, whose names recall the territories and the ancient roads traveled.

Romea Strata

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