A new long-distance walking route linking two of the most significant sites of Nazi-fascist atrocities in Italy has been launched ahead of this year's Festa della Liberazione on 25 April. The Cammino '44 spans around 180 kilometres on foot through the heart of wartime Italy, linking Sant'Anna di Stazzema, in Tuscany, with Monte Sole near Marzabotto, in the Bolognese hills.
Conceived as a secular pilgrimage, it retraces one of the darkest chapters of the 20th century and aims to promote the values of liberty, tolerance and peace, news agency ANSA reports.A new long-distance walking route linking two of the most significant sites of Nazi-fascist atrocities in Italy has been launched ahead of this year's Festa della Liberazione on 25 April.