Francigena Paths of Sicily
<<A Way comes to life between the waves of Aspra and the villas of Baaria: the “Gate of Strangers” (Baab al gherib) has entered the circuit of the Francigena municipalities of Sicily>>.
The Municipality of Bagheria has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Association for Volunteerism, Research, Study, Recovery and Mapping of Historical and Cultural Pilgrimage Routes “Amici dei Cammini Francigeni di Sicilia.”
The memorandum of understanding implements the project “Vie Francigene di Sicilia: ancient testimonies and historical routes between nature and history” or “how to transform the remote past into the near future.”
Website: Amici dei Cammini Francigeni di Sicilia
https://camminifrancigenidisicilia.wordpress.com/
The Municipality of Bagheria and the Association have jointly designed reception and tourist offerings for viandanza and gentle movement, an integrated system of bike sharing, widespread hospitality and tourist itineraries that wind from the gates of Palermo to the first stage of the “Via Francigena Normanna” to Messina. There are 4 routes of the Francigena paths. The “Via Francigena Normanna,” considered the queen of the Francigena paths, is an exciting journey along the expanses of the Sicilian Apennines, among the island’s parks and oriented reserves to discover the route traveled by Norman kings, pilgrims heading to the Holy Land and modern wayfarers.
In fact, the municipality of Bagheria falls in the area affected by the passage of the royal trazzera, which traces the historical route of one of the late-antique-medieval routes that passed from Palermo to Messina by ascending the peaks of the Madonie, Nebrodi and Peloritani mountains, to connect the late imperial first, Byzantine, Arab and Norman later control centers.
Not to mention that the name Bagheria traces its origins to a plurality of variants of Arab origin, from “Bahriye Marina” to “Baab al gerib” (Gate of the Wind) and attests to its presence since the 9th century in this territory. And still in the site of the Montagnola di Serradifalco is located what in the Arab-Norman age was known as the Forest of Bacharìa, from the Norman toponym attested since 1134.
This is the stamp that Bagheria affixes, at the Villa Butera office at 2 Dammuselli Street and at the CIT of Bagheria located at Piazza Stazione, for the credentials of pilgrims of the Francigena pilgrims’ paths passed through our territory.
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