The Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps: A Tour Through All the Romantic and Less-frequented "vals" of Northern Piedmont, from the Tarentaise to the Gries |
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... ALPS : A TOUR THROUGH ALL THE ROMANTIC AND LESS - FREQUENTED " VALS " OF NORTHERN PIEDMONT , FROM THE TARENTAISE TO THE GRIES . BY REV . S. W. KING , M.A. , F.R.G.S. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE AUTHOR'S SKETCHES , MAPS , & c . & LONDON ...
... ALPS : A TOUR THROUGH ALL THE ROMANTIC AND LESS - FREQUENTED " VALS " OF NORTHERN PIEDMONT , FROM THE TARENTAISE TO THE GRIES . BY REV . S. W. KING , M.A. , F.R.G.S. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE AUTHOR'S SKETCHES , MAPS , & c . & LONDON ...
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... Alps - Chronicles of St. Bernard - Early service - Peasants at breakfast - St. Remy- the Col de Serena - Morgex to Courmayeur CHAPTER II . Pass of Page 1 VAL D'ENTREVES . - VAL DE L'ALLÉE BLANCHE . - VAL DE BELLAVAL . Courmayeur - View ...
... Alps - Chronicles of St. Bernard - Early service - Peasants at breakfast - St. Remy- the Col de Serena - Morgex to Courmayeur CHAPTER II . Pass of Page 1 VAL D'ENTREVES . - VAL DE L'ALLÉE BLANCHE . - VAL DE BELLAVAL . Courmayeur - View ...
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... Alps - Val d'Aosta - Scenery — Pro- ductions Inhabitants - Costume - Pont St. Martin - Fort Bard Castle of Verrex - Hemp - picking - Châtillon Château d'Usselle Château de Challant and garden - Baths of St. Vincent -- Mule diffi ...
... Alps - Val d'Aosta - Scenery — Pro- ductions Inhabitants - Costume - Pont St. Martin - Fort Bard Castle of Verrex - Hemp - picking - Châtillon Château d'Usselle Château de Challant and garden - Baths of St. Vincent -- Mule diffi ...
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... ALPS .. to face page 34 78 124 19 at the end . • THE ITALIAN VALLEYS OF THE PENNINE ALPS . CHAPTER I.
... ALPS .. to face page 34 78 124 19 at the end . • THE ITALIAN VALLEYS OF THE PENNINE ALPS . CHAPTER I.
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... ALPS . CHAPTER I. VAL DU GRAND ST . BERNARD . - VAL DE BOSSES . - VAL D'AOSTA . Great St. Bernard Pass - Object of tour - Preparatory arrangements Convent Historical associations - Pennine Alps - Chronicles of St. Bernard - Early ...
... ALPS . CHAPTER I. VAL DU GRAND ST . BERNARD . - VAL DE BOSSES . - VAL D'AOSTA . Great St. Bernard Pass - Object of tour - Preparatory arrangements Convent Historical associations - Pennine Alps - Chronicles of St. Bernard - Early ...
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Alagna Alpine Alps ancient Aosta ascent avalanches baggage Barailler beautiful Bernard blue bouquetin bridge châlets Challant chamois Châtillon church climb clouds Cogne colour Courmayeur Cramont crevasses crossed curé d'Ossola dark deep Delapierre descending distance Doire Fcap feet foot forest German glacier glen gneiss gorge granite green Gressoney Grivola head height houses Italian La Thuile larch lofty looked lower Macugnaga mass meadows Mont Blanc Mont Velan Monte Rosa Mora moraine morning mule narrow night pass path peaks Piedmont pine Post 8vo precipice range reached remarkable rich ridge Rimasco Rimella road rocks Roman round scene scenery Second Edition seemed seen Sesia singular slope snow steep stone stream summit Taurini torrent track trees Turin Val d'Aosta Val d'Ayas Val d'Ossola Val de Lys Val Sesia valley Valpelline Varallo vast village Vols walls wild Woodcuts Zumstein
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