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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... ancient moraine - Morgen - Pestarena -- Borca- " Albergo dei Cacciatori " - Culinary matters — Marmot Monte Rosa - Inundations - Macugnaga glacier- Belvedere - Lost valley - Ascent of Monte Moro - Old church and linden - tree German ...
... ancient moraine - Morgen - Pestarena -- Borca- " Albergo dei Cacciatori " - Culinary matters — Marmot Monte Rosa - Inundations - Macugnaga glacier- Belvedere - Lost valley - Ascent of Monte Moro - Old church and linden - tree German ...
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... ancient temple of Jupiter , which was buried in snow on our previous visit . For some little distance from the Convent a sheltered terrace , scarped on the face of the rock , or piled on stones , and catching what sun there is when it ...
... ancient temple of Jupiter , which was buried in snow on our previous visit . For some little distance from the Convent a sheltered terrace , scarped on the face of the rock , or piled on stones , and catching what sun there is when it ...
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... ancient stone , covering a limpid little spring , which marks the often contested boundary dividing the Val d'Entremont on the N. from the Val d'Aosta on the S. A line is drawn across its rounded surface , and on their respective sides ...
... ancient stone , covering a limpid little spring , which marks the often contested boundary dividing the Val d'Entremont on the N. from the Val d'Aosta on the S. A line is drawn across its rounded surface , and on their respective sides ...
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... ancient temple , and now preserved in the Convent museum , attest its importance as a well - frequented pass at that early date . A part of the Roman road may be seen to this day on the rocks of the southern side of the plain . We ...
... ancient temple , and now preserved in the Convent museum , attest its importance as a well - frequented pass at that early date . A part of the Roman road may be seen to this day on the rocks of the southern side of the plain . We ...
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... ancient glaciers of Snowdon , the Cuchullins of Skye and others of the Western Highlands , coexist with the altered temperature of the present age . Down at the bottom of the deep ravine , in front of the gla- cier , a peasant was at ...
... ancient glaciers of Snowdon , the Cuchullins of Skye and others of the Western Highlands , coexist with the altered temperature of the present age . Down at the bottom of the deep ravine , in front of the gla- cier , a peasant was at ...
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