Italian opposition leader Romano Prodi says he hopes to revive the medieval route that took Christian pilgrims from Canterbury to Rome.
The 1,200-mile (1,944 km) Via Francigena, or Way of the Franks, was founded after the 10th-Century Archbishop of Canterbury, Sigeric, documented his journey to see the Pope - leaving Canterbury and crossing France, Switzerland and Italy to Rome.
Spain’s Camino de Santiago, or Way of St James, from southern France to Santiago de Compostela, still attracts hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and tourists each year.
