Our walk in Lazio south of Rome over the past ten days has been accompanied and facilitated by Il Gruppo dei Dodici – ODV, a non-profit association established in 2008 to promote and organise walks along historic pilgrimage routes. The group sees pilgrimage routes as a key to discovering the beauty of the places along the way, with the involvement and participation of the local community, with a view to achieving sustainable development and participatory territorial planning.
The association promotes activities and walks of a spiritual nature, particularly on the Via Francigena south of Rome. It promotes the area and pilgrim hospitality and focuses on sustainable mobility, and works to improve conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage, maintenance and marking of the paths.
It promotes events, conventions, seminars and workshops, produces audio and video material for documentaries, editorialand artistic productions and photography exhibitions relating to protection of the environment, sustainable development and promotion of slow tourism and walking as an opportunity for encounters between different cultures, religions and nationalities, conveying a message of peace and tolerance.
The Association reclaims and develops new walking routes to permit enjoyment of the country's natural, cultural and historic heritage and accompanies groups of people in discovery of these aspects.
Events organised by the group include an annual International Walk from Sessa Aurunca to Rome which is open to participants from all over the world, walks along sections of the Via Francigena, the Pellegrinando Film Festival and the Francigena Festival.
For more information about the Association, or practical information on the Via Francigena in Lazio south of Rome, write to info@gruppodeidodici.eu.
Association member Herta will be able to answer queries in German or English! Herta is also in charge of the Association's new study centre in Fondi, which provides information on the Via Francigena south of Rome in Lazio, the history of the places along the route, and practical information such as accommodations, luggage transport services, public transportation links and more.
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| At the Centre for the study of the Via Francigena in Fondi with director Herta |
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| Exhibits in the Centre |
Gps tracks of the route and a list of accommodations on the Via Francigena south of Rome may be downloaded from the Association's website at https://www.gruppodeidodici.eu/
The Study Centre is located at Via Cesare Augusto 10, 04022 FONDI (LT) - mobile 3206196535
The list of accommodations may be downloaded from:
https://www.gruppodeidodici.eu/index.php?page=elenco_alloggi
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