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[[File:Sacra di San Michele - Corpo centrale.jpg|thumb|Facade of Abbey<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacra_di_San_Michele_-_Corpo_centrale.jpg]</ref>]] | |||
According to some historians, in Roman times a military stronghold existed on the current location of the abbey, commanding the main road leading to Gaul from Italy. Later, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Lombards built a fortress here against the Frankish invasions. | According to some historians, in Roman times a military stronghold existed on the current location of the abbey, commanding the main road leading to Gaul from Italy. Later, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Lombards built a fortress here against the Frankish invasions. | ||