Via Francigena Understanding better some of the milestones of the Tuscan path
In the age of the Roman Empire a dense network of paved roads ran through Europe, and on it walked merchants and travelers, wagons filled with goods and armies, who spent weeks or months on the road travelling. Not even the barbarian invasions could put an end to the travelling and, in the Middle Ages, paths which led to the main medieval Christian destinations joined the commercial routes: Santiago, Rome and Jerusalem. Via Francigena, which led directly to Rome, was born in those times.
