"Sestriere, m. 2035" The highest municipality in Italy The meaning of the toponym Sestriere is not yet certain. Some want to go back to the medieval toponym "ad petram sextarium or sextera" with reference to a Roman era stone existing on the hill itself, although recent studies claim that the way to the pass was not included among the most important roads of the Roman period and therefore could not be equipped. The most accredited origin seems to derive from "petra sistraria" or sixth stone to indicate that the sixth stone was placed there to mark the distance from the nearest city. On what is today Sestriere, once there was only a hill at 2035 meters high that joined the valley of Chisone with that of Dora Riparia. A natural watershed, bordering between the French valleys and the Piedmontese north-west ones. Only the pastures, and some rare larch, were the spectators of the passage of invading armies like that of Hannibal, or of the legions of Caesar for or from the Gauls, the raids of the Waldensian bands, the Catholic militias, the French and Spanish armies or the caravans. salt-bearing machines in the Middle Ages. For three centuries that passage was used a lot, although there was no real way of communication. The first certain date in the history of Sestriere is the 1814 year in which Napoleon decided to provide Piedmont with a new access route for France. That road connected Briançon to Pinerolo passing through the Sestriere hill. No one built, no one decided to set up home up there at two thousand and thirty-five meters above sea level. To meet the first inhabitant of Sestriere you have to go to 1864 and for a story linked to the Napoleonic road.... Come on Join us in Susa valley! Make your base camp in Susa's Archivolto B&B, we are 40 Km from Sestriere! Getting old guys :-) book now! Whatsapp me +393496705887 Make sure to Visit Susa Valley before you die😜 #archivoltogallery #sestriere #skistation #piedmont #piemonte #stazionesciistica #mountain #olimpicgames #winterstations #olimpicvillage #pistedasci #sportinvernali #susavalley #collesestriere #altavalledisusa #drone #aerialview #aerial #droneshooting #ig_piemonte #dronestagram #sestriere2035 (presso Sestriere)