Susa Travel Guide

 JLBG Says:  OIn both sides, the Arco di Augusto is topped by a frise that represents the "suovetaurilia", the sacrifice made by Cozio to celebrate the alliance. The suovetaurilia was the sacrifice a pig (suus), a sheep (ovis) and a bull (taurus), hence the name suovetaurilia.The first... 

 JLBG Says:  The first photo shows the view from the street climbing to Arco di Augusto with on the right the clock tower.The second photo was taken more westwards. The clock tower is on the far right while cattedrale San Giusto stands on the left.The third photo was taken from upstreet... 

 JLBG Says:  In order to protect the city from the invasions, it was, in the second century AD enclosed in a powerful city wall with round towers. Porta Savoia (Savoy entrance) opens in the west. It is made of two cylindrical towers with opening all around, allowing to defend in every... 

 JLBG Says:  Close to the Arco di Augusto and at the foot of the medieval city wall, a post says :"Rocce cupulliformi druidiche, sec V-VI aC" (Druid cup shaped rocks, 5-6th BC).I have carefully looked at the rocks below but I must admit that if there had not been the post, I would not... 

 JLBG Says:  Church of San Francesco Convent is shown on the first photo from via Madonna delle Grazie (the church Madonna delle Grazie will be better seen on another tip), via San Francesco and in the background.Via San Francesco is a narrow street and I could not take a photo of the... 

 JLBG Says:  The first photo shows the upper entrance into the city, with a twinned entrance. On the left, the medieval wall of the castle.The second photo shows the entrance into the Contessa Adelaide castle.The third shows the castle across the entrance. 

 JLBG Says:  The first photo was taken southeastwards from S25, the road that leads to the Mont Cenis pass. It shows in the valley, in the foreground the village of Venàus and in the background the city of Susa. The autostrada leads to Bardonnechia and the entrance of the Fréjus tunnel,... 

 JLBG Says:  The first photo shows the entrance of the church topped by a fresco (close up on the last photo) painting a classical scene on the cross with one soldier stinging Christ side with a sword while another rubs his wounds with a sponge impregnated with vinegar. Two saints are... 

 JLBG Says:  On the other side of the Arc of August, the frise represents the same scenary but with different pictures.The first photo shows a huge sheep (actually better a ram !) followed by a man riding on a horse.The second photo shows another pig (or nother view of the same boar),... 

 JLBG Says:  The church Madonna del Ponte (first photo), of Medieval origins (XIIIth century), is devoted to the Holy Virgin of Peace and, inside, has precious works of art. The church was built between 1266 and 1369. The name refers to a statue of the "Madonna con il Bambino" (Madonne... 

 JLBG Says:  August arch was built in 9-8 BC to remind the alliance concluded in 13-12 BC between August and Cozio, king of Susa. It is decorated in a style very different from the usual Roman art. It is most likely to have been carved by local artists. It represents the "suovetaurilia",... 

 JLBG Says:  We were looking for the Roman arena when I saw the top of a round tower that emerged from the vegetation (enlarge the first photo if you want to see it). I tried to get closer from the tower as I thought it might be related with the arena.Actually, it seemed to be in a... 

 1 Review and 8 Opinions  We have been to the restaurant which is excellent, but not to the hotel. The hotel is ideally... 

 JLBG Says:  If you drive from France by the Mont Cenis pass, the road leads directly into Susa.If you drive from France by the Mont Genèvre pass, the road leads directly into Susa.If you drive from France by the Frejus tunnel, you will have to go out of the autostrada at "Susa Nord"... 

 JLBG Says:  The tradition of beer is ancient in northern Italy. Anton Dreher, from Vienna founded in 1869 in Trieste a brewery bearing its name. In 1928, it was bought by the brothers Luciani who had a brewery in Padevana. Finally, in 1974, the group Birra Dreher was sold to the... 

 JLBG Says:  The Poor from Lyon or Waldensian settled throughout Europe. In Italy, they are called "Valdese", in France "Vaudois". We find their traces in Bohemia, in Germany, in southern and central Italy. With sober habits, they strictly followed Jesus' teaching about The Sermon on the...