Italy is famous for its saints: don’t they say we are a people of saints, sailors and poets? When you think of it, medieval pilgrims were the first tourists, you could almost say they inaugurated the long, successful era of Italian tourism themselves!

There are specific itineraries all along the peninsula that ancient and modern pilgrims follow: the most famous is, perhaps, the Via Francigena, which connects Canterbury (UK), to Rome, but there are many ·others: along one of them, dedicated to Saint Thomas, you’ll find a very special fountain, created to offer refreshment and a moment of rest to trekkers and pilgrims.