La Nazione 24/9/2017
La Francescana una mattinata tra sport e divertimento
La Nazione 25/9/2017
La Francescana ha fatto il pienone. Oltre 300 cicloturisti in città
Corriere dell’Umbria 25/9/2017
Bici e vestiti d'epoca per la ciclostorica sulle vie di Francesco
La chiesa in bicicletta. La suora, Indurain e l’insegnamento di Bartali e Don Camillo
Orio Vergari che si stupisce per i preti sulle strade del Giro, Bartali che lo corregge sottolineando il contributo dei sacerdoti nella ciclistizzazione dell'Italia. E quel video della monaca in bici (di Giovanni Battistuzzi, Il Foglio 28 luglio 2017) vai all'articolo >> http://www.ilfoglio.it/girodiruota/2017/07/28/news/suora-bicicletta-discesa-video-insegnamento-bartali-e-don-camillo-146756/
Ali e Pedali
Bambini sedetevi qui accanto che vi racconto una favola. È una favola che non avrei voluto mai raccontare ma la tengo qui in fondo a me e quindi ve ne voglio far dono. C'era una volta, mica tanto tempo fa e neanche molto lontano da qui, un bambino di nome Michele ed il suo amico che [...]
I LUOGHI DE LA FRANCESCANA: Assisi
It was the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare (Chiara d'Offreducci), the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Around 1000 BC a wave of immigrants settled in the upper Tiber valley as far as the Adriatic Sea, and also in the neighborhood of Assisi. These [...]
I LUOGHI DE LA FRANCESCANA: Cannara
Cannara is a town and comune on the Topino River in the floodplain of central Umbria, in the province of Perugia. It is located about 7 km west of Spello and 9 km north of Bevagna. It is a low-key agricultural village: its main business is the growing of wheat and onions. Its railroad station is used for freight and does not serve passengers. As indicated by the etymology [...]
I LUOGHI DE LA FRANCESCANA: Montefalco
The town has been actively settled since the times of the Umbri. It has been under the successive domination of the Romans, Lombards, being called Coccorone in the Middle Ages. In 1249 it was sacked by Frederick II, but was soon rebuilt with the modern name. from the 13th century it had been a free comune under the domination of local nobles and [...]
I LUOGHI DE LA FRANCESCANA: Bevagna
The city was originally an Etrusco-Oscan settlement. Around 80-90 BC it became a Roman municipium, called Mevania, in the Augustan Regio VI. It lay on the western branch of the Via Flaminia, 13 km (8 mi) WSW of Forum Flaminii, where the branches rejoin. It is mentioned on several ancient itineraries, following the Vicus Martis Tudertium on the way out of Rome. In 310 BC the consul Fabius broke [...]
I LUOGHI DE LA FRANCESCANA: Trevi
The origins of Trevi are lost in time. It was classified as an Umbrian town by Latin authors, but paleolithic ruins in the area testify an earlier prehistoric civilisation. Its importance grew in particular under Roman rule when the old Flaminia Way was restored; it developed in the valley where, in the locality of Pietrarossa, [...]