Francigena Paths in Bagheria: a pilgrim at Villa Butera meets with Mayor Tripoli
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
In recent days, Mr. Serge Carazato was a guest at Villa Butera. He is a pilgrim of the Cammini Francigeni passing through the city of villas for the Bagheria stage.
In fact, the municipality of Bagheria falls in the area affected by the passage of the trazzera regia, which traces the historical route of one of the late-antique-medieval routes that passed from Palermo to Messina, going up the peaks of the Madonie, Nebrodi and Peloritani mountains to connect the late imperial, first, Byzantine, Arab and Norman control centers later. The pilgrim was welcomed by Bagheria Mayor Filippo Maria Tripoli, who wanted to make him a gift of bitter orange marmalade, made from oranges picked along the city’s two main streets. Mr. Carazato, a Canadian national, traveled about 1,200 kilometers and in the course of his pilgrimage stopped in Rome, Brindisi and Santa Maria Di Leuca. After visiting the villa and taking some photos, the pilgrim received the parchment for the Bagherese stage with it written on it that he had reached the route with more than 100 km and the path he made is the one that includes precisely the Bagherese stage.
The Via Francigena, Francisca or Romea, is part of a bundle of routes, also called the Via Romee, which from Western Europe, particularly France, led into Southern Europe to Rome, continuing on to Apulia, where there were ports of embarkation for the Holy Land, a destination for pilgrims and crusaders.
