After Orbe, the ViaFrancigena reaches the medieval town of Romainmôtier with its Cluniac Abbey. You then reach the centre of the world, where one part of the River Nozon flows to the Mediterranean, the other to the North Sea.
The poet Gilles wrote descriptions of the Venoge river. This stage from Cossonay to Saint-Sulpice is high up in some parts and follows the river in others. The pilgrimage route ultimately reaches Lake Geneva and continues to Lausanne via the Roman town of Vidy.