Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - MuMiddle Ages, vafambi vanopfuura nomuMoncenisio neSusa Valley vakauya kuTurin nomugwagwa unonzi Via Francigena, nomugumo wokupedzisira weRoma. 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 nevaVaudois, uye inotendwa nevamwe vanyori kuti ndiyo nzira yakashandiswa naHannibal kuyambuka Alps
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