Via Francigena
Via Francigena in Piedmont
3 towns
Piedmont has 3 Via Francigena communes in our index. All sit in the province of Torino.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Avigliana, Ivrea, and Susa.
Avigliana
Province: Torino · 383 m
A medieval Savoy town at 383 meters at the mouth of the Susa Valley, between two glacial lakes and the Sacra di San Michele.
Ivrea
Province: Torino · 267 m
Roman Eporedia on the Dora Baltea, Olivetti's twentieth-century industrial city, UNESCO since 2018, where every February three hundred tons of oranges are thrown.
Susa
Province: Torino · 503 m
The Roman gateway to the Cottian Alps at 503 meters, capital of the Alpes Cottiae and seat of the Cozii under Augustus and Cottius.
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