Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: MuMiddle Ages, vanhu vaienda kunonamata vachipfuura nomuMoncenisio neSusa Valley vaienda kuTurin nomugwagwa wainzi Via Francigena, waipedzisira wava kuRoma. Muna 1414, Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis weFerrara akafamba munzira iyi achidzoka achibva kuParis asangana naCharles VI, uye akarondedzera Col du Mont Cenis seane "kukwira kwakanaka uye kudzika kwakashata". Iyi nzira yakayambuka muna 1689 navaVaudois, uye inotendwa navamwe vanyori kuva yakava
nzira yaishandiswa naHannibal kuyambuka Alps.