Tag: monasticism
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Italy’s Nun-Mapped Pilgrim Trail: Quiet Paths Through Benedictine Heritage
Introduction: A Quiet Answer to Overtourism Italy is famous for art, cuisine, and centuries of pilgrimage routes. Yet in recent years, overtourism has strained popular sites, pushing travelers to seek quieter, more meaningful experiences. A new wave of reverent trails—reconned and expanded by Benedictine-inspired communities—offers a fresh way to tread medieval landscapes once shaped by…
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Italy’s New Nun-Mapped Pilgrim Trail
Italy’s New Nun-Mapped Pilgrim Trail: A Quiet Response to Overtourism As popular routes buckle under crowds, a lineage of resurrected paths—guided by nuns and rooted in Benedictine history—offers a different kind of travel through Italy. These nun-led pilgrim trails wander through forgotten landscapes where medieval monasticism once shaped Europe’s spiritual and cultural map. In each…