Passo della Cisa

The route followed by pilgrims along the trail on the Via Francigena through Emilia culminated with the difficult mountain path over the Cisa Pass.

Just before the beginning of the pass there used to be the old hospice of Santa Maria.

Nowadays, the pass retains evidence of the border between the Duchies of Parma and Piacenza and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany embedded in the walls of the old post station as well as the Chapel of Nostra Signora della Guardia built at the end of a steep flight of steps in 1921.