COMUNITà TOSCANA "IL PELLEGRINO"
( walking / trekking )

The Associazione Comunità 'Toscana il Pellegrino, established on April 4, 2007 by Franco Alessandri and other founding members, was born in order to carry out activities of social utility in favor of associates or third parties, without profit and in full respect of freedom and dignity of the associates; an association made up of pilgrims for pilgrims.

The association, inspired by the principles of human solidarity, aims to promote walking on the pilgrimage routes through the times, as a spiritual experience to be lived individually, but which at the same time constitutes a factor of individual cultural enrichment. and of the human community to which they belong and party:

Promote the identification and knowledge of cultural and pilgrimage routes in particular of the Tuscan territory with the aim of creating a connected network.

Promote the dissemination of information collected to encourage the practice of walking on the ancient pilgrimage routes, favoring a full relationship with the history, the natural and human environment crossed.

Encourage members to undertake the European paths alone or in small groups to be able to appreciate the experience of walking for themselves.

Give organizational support to all those who intend to walk on the historic pilgrimage routes by handing them the pilgrim's credentials, maps, the information documents and data collected along the roads.

Participate in the management of the "poor shelters" present on the Pilgrimage Routes by inviting members to participate as hospitals.

Provide for maintenance, reporting, check the usability and maintenance status of the Via.

Arrange for the storage of data collected in the Paths Network with GIS computer systems.

Organize events, meetings or demonstrations along the routes of the streets, in order to make them known to the resident populations and to potential future travelers.

The name of the association is derived from the name of the Municipality "Comunità del Pellegrino" which existed from 1806 until 1865, on the outskirts of Florence, which, starting from Piazza San Gallo up the via Bolognese, from where pilgrims from northern Europe arrived, it extended on the right bank of the Torrente Mugnone.