The second phase was then concluded between 2019 and 2020. This phase focused on performing the feasibility study as required by the European candidacy Framework, and involved England, France, Switzerland, Italy and the Holy See. Within this study, an overarching candidacy strategy was developed, including a general proposal for the entire itinerary: it highlighted the ways in which different sections of the Via Francigena can become individual candidates, at separate times, for the World Heritage List, thus leaving the universal and integral value of the Via unquestioned.