Via Francigena of the Susa Valley from Monginevro | Stage 4 Chiusa San Michele-Sant'Ambrogio

Just half an hour of flat walking allows you to get to know the municipalities of Chiusa San Michele and Sant'Ambrogio, right at the foot of Mount Pirchiriano. Located at the narrowest point of the valley, the first is remembered in the history of Italy for the "Battle of the Chiuse" between the Lombards of Desiderio and the Franks of Charlemagne in 773 AD. To see: the Church of S. Pietro Apostolo, the chapel of S. Giuseppe, the remains of the Lombard locks and the Ethnographic Museum. Even Sant'Ambrogio owes its development to the events of the legendary Sacra di San Michele. Must see: the city walls, the Abbey Castle, the Church of San Giovanni Vincenzo, the Maglificio Bosio. Both celebrate corn, which has always been intensely cultivated in the area and is the basis for some typical products, respectively on the second and third weekends of September.