With a total length of 1,546 km across six regions (Abruzzo, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Marche, Tuscany, and Umbria), the Cammino di Francesco was born: a project that unifies, under the same name, the numerous Italian routes inspired by the Saint identified based on a historical-critical validation carried out by the National Committee for the eighth centenary of the patron saint of Italy. All with Assisi as the final destination.
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Competition to the Camino de Santiago
The goal is to regain ground compared to the most famous religious pilgrimage in the world, that of Santiago, a UNESCO heritage site since 1993, which in 2025 set the all-time record of 530,987 pilgrims. A very popular experience among Italians who rank second in the world for the number of pilgrims (preceded only by the Spanish): 14,482 arrivals recorded in the first six months of the year. After all, the stages towards Santiago were the protagonists of Checco Zalone’s latest film, Buen Camino (record box office of 76.5 million euros).
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Bocelli testimonial
The unique system of Franciscan itineraries was presented on Thursday, July 30 at Palazzo Chigi a few days before Pope Leo’s visit to Assisi, on the occasion of GO! Franciscan Youth, in the presence, among others, of the Minister of Tourism Gianmarco Mazzi and the president of the National Committee for the celebration of the eighth centenary of the death of Saint Francis of Assisi Davide Rondoni, Father Francesco Piloni OFM Assisi, member of the Steering Committee of the Association Vie e Cammini di Francesco.
For the launch of the project, the Ministry of Tourism produced a commercial, also in English, with the voice of Andrea Bocelli. The Minister of Tourism, Gianmarco Mazzi, recalled that Bocelli previously created an audiovisual project on the Via Francigena. The ministry invested a total of 40 million euros.
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Mazzi: great spiritual itinerary
