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ASSOCIATION VIA FRANCIGENA
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that gave new birth to the Via Francigena, enhancing it as a European cultural itinerary
- ANGT (Nat.Ass. of Tourist Guides-Italy) appoints Adelaide Trezzini (AT)for promoting the VF in Switzerland.
- Beginning research for a future Medieval guide of the VF from Great St-Bernardo to St-Maurice-CH
- Presentation of the Project "The Route of Sigeric from the Channel to the Alps" at Martigny-CH in April; AT receives mandate of the Association Régionale Martigny to promote the project in Valais-CH
- 17.6 Presentation of the Project to M.Thomas-Penette of the Council of Europe(C.of E.)in Strasbourg
- 5.9. Foundation of the Association Via Francigena (AVF as a private and non-profitmaking) at Martigny with the objective of INFORMING, PROMOTING, PUBLICISING the route Via Francigena from Canterbury to Rome, primarily in Switzerland and France where it is completely unknown.
- 1.2. Speech «Via Francigena cultural itineraries of the C.of E.»at the Congress of the FEG European Federation of Tourist Guides-London
- 6. Creation of website www.francigena.ch, of the VF Information Centre at a European level and of the Library VF Gen. UK F CH I
- Involvement in safeguarding important monuments and sites in danger in Switzerland and Italy
- 1st official training course for tourist guides at the university of Geneva launched by AVF
- Proposal of M.Ballester, head of the Service of Cultural and Natural Heritage of the C.of E.-Strasbourg, to form a VF committee and a European VF network
- 22.11. Partnership agreement between AVF and European Institute for cultural itineraries (EICI)
- 27.11. Speech at Meeting FEG -Naples "Cultural itineraries of the C.of E.Via Francigena"
- 16.12. Speech "VF itinerario culturale del C.d'R. at the Swiss Club-Rome
- Creation of Postcards VF (sold out) in collaboration with the Philatelic Office of the Vatican City
- AVF Delegation in France
- Creation of a European VF Mailing List Addresses UK F CH I
- 3.3. Speech at Santa Maria della Scala -Siena with EICI
- 15.3. Conference at Swiss Culture Week-Florence «La VF a Bridge between Switzerland and Tuscany"
- 15.6.-15.9.Exhibition "VF in Switzerland from Vallorbe to the St-Bernard"at the St-Bernard Museum
- 10.7. Publication of the "Vademecum VF - Great St Bernard to Rome" with all relevant information
- 3.2.Creation of the Group of the Friends of the VF- ancient-walking-cycling at the initiative of AVF
- 8.2.Conference at the Centre Culture Européen St-Jean d'Angely-F "European Adventure of the VF"
- Preparation of the European Waymarking VF Manual " in collaboration with EICI
- Patronages of the: Holy See, Ministry of Cultural Assets and Activities - I, Ministry of Culture and Communication - F and Department of the Interior-CH
- Creation, in collaboration with the Vatican, of the Testimonium Peregrinatoris ad Limina Petri, parchment certifying completion of the pilgrimage, of Litterae Patentes Peregrinatoris and of the Register of the VF pilgrims
- 16.6 IX Praemium Sancti Benedicti from the European Rotary Club awarded to the AVF
- Exhibition "The VF in Switzerland from Vallorbe to the Gt St-Bernard" in the Château d'Aigle-CH
- 27.7. Presentation to and acceptance of the European VF Logo by the C.of E.
- Launch of the European scientific committee VF
- 5.10.Speech at the Public Library in Castelfiorentino
- Preparation of the VF scientific committee
- 29.11.VFConference at the CCE St-Jean d'Angely «Europe at the start of the 2nd millennium : commercial exchanges between Switzerland, France and Italy»
- 2.3. Speech at Seminar VF at Capranica-VT
- 19.4.Conference at the University of Lausanne "Realisation of a European cultural itinerary»and 1st
- 10.07. Publication «Guide-Vademecum de Londres au Gd St-Bernard" in collaboration with English, French and Swiss associations
- Creation, in collaboration with the EICI, of Inventory of VF Sites and Monuments SOS in danger
- Preparation of Universities network-francigena
- Launch of specific cartography Topo-francigena in collaboration with the University of Lausanne
- Newsletter Lettre 2003, Lettera 2003 , Brief 2002, Letter 2003 to the AMIS-Friends
- 145 AVF members in 10 countries around the world
- 7.2.Speech at Seminar VF Arciconfraternità di S.Eligio
- 5.3.Conference"A journey on the VF from Canterbury to Rome"at the Circolo Accueil of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Rome
- 30.3. Meeting in Paris with the Associazione dei Comuni italiani sulla VF about future collaboration
- 10. International registration of the European VF Logo
- 20.7. Publication of the 2nd issue of "Guida Vademecum VF dal Gran San Bernardo a Roma con raccordo da Arles-F in collaboration with the Amis de St-Jacques Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Creation of a network of museums and medieval monuments offering free entry free-francigena
- Collaboration between EICI and AVF for dissemination of the VF Library via the Internet
- 24.11.1st Meeting of European scientific committee VF with AVF and EICI at the Istituto Italiano per il Medioevo-Rome. Among others the prof: Franco Cardini-FI, Massimo Miglio-RM, André Vauchez-Paris, Michael Matheus-D, Lello Jacobone-RM, Anna Benvenuti-FI, Franco Morenzoni-Gineva, Benedetto Vetere-Lecce.
210 AVF members in 11 countries around the world
- Publishing of the "European Waymarking VF Manual" in Italian, French and English and its international launch
- Publishing of the specific cartography Topo-francigena
- Publishing of the Medieval guide of the VF from Great St-Bernard to St-Maurice
All achievments have been possible thanks to volunteer work of members and FRIENDS-AMIS of the AVF
