Clound On The Moncenisio Lake. Royalty-Free Stock Photo

The pass connects Val-Cenis in France in the northwest with Susa in Italy in the southeast. In the Middle Ages, pilgrims passing through Moncenisio and Susa Valley came to Turin along a road called the Via Francigena, with a final destination of Rome. It was one of the most used Alpine passes from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. The lac is at 1974 m anove sea level and was made in 1960s.