“Walking with St. Francis” is the mobile app which goes through the stages of Saint Francis’ Path in the Saint Valley of Rieti. It is a spiritual journey along a territory of uncontaminated landscapes beauty and great artistic interest.
A virtual journey through the Sancturies of Greccio, La Foresta, Poggio Bustone and Fontecolombo and the municipalities next to the City of Rieti. Besides the artistic beauty of landscapes seen by the Saint, also the local rites and traditions are well documented, framed by the hospitality of the area.
“Walking with St. Francis” presents approximately 200 points of interest and insights, organised in categories and adorned with 500 images, and texts in English and Italian.
The content can be seen voyaging through the branches of the Tree, or you can visualise whatever you want on the main “Map”:
- Horizontal scroll of the 16 icons, on the Map base, allows you to select the points of interest category,
- The “Map” icon shows the whole route,
- The “Viewfinder” icon traces the local position of the user, if the localization service is on.
The “Itineraries” section shows in detail the stages of the Path, highlighting the points of interest nearby.
“Walking with St. Francis” is an iPhone app iOS 4.3 and later, iPad and iPod Touch compatible.
For localization services on maps it also requires the GPS capabilities.