From La Thuile to the Little St. Bernard Pass: prehistoric remains, Roman monuments, Alpine flora and carboniferous fossils. A concentrated mixture of our Western Civilization

From Faubourg, follow the mule track by going uphill through the meadows towards Grande Golette. Follow the path that goes alongside the carriageable road, cutting the hairpin bends, as far as Pont-Serrand. Go right through the village and continue climbing along the valley. Then continue on across the Alpine pastures until you reach the Little St. Bernard Pass. Details of the excursion: - THE LITTLE ST. BERNARD, FROM PREHISTORY TO ROMAN TIMES The Little St. Bernard Pass has been used since time immemorial and during the New Stone Age it was already a privileged crossing point for peoples from both sides of the Graian Alps. Its most fortunate characteristic was linked to one of the two Roman roads (the Alpis Graia, as the Pass was called at the time) which passed through Aosta and Bourg-St-Maurice and connected two important cities, like Milan (Mediolanum), the Imperial capital, e Lyons (Ludgunum), the capital of Gallia Transalpina.