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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... interest to us , ever since we had been present at one of the great annual fairs at Varallo . The picturesque Greek- like costumes peculiar to each Val — the striking beauty of the women both young and old - the accounts we heard of the ...
... interest to us , ever since we had been present at one of the great annual fairs at Varallo . The picturesque Greek- like costumes peculiar to each Val — the striking beauty of the women both young and old - the accounts we heard of the ...
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... interest - from the snow - peaks , glaciers , and wild ranges , the last haunts of the all but extinct Bouquetin , or Ibex , to the rich valleys , with their strangely - mixed races of Savoyard , Piedmontese , Italian , and German ; as ...
... interest - from the snow - peaks , glaciers , and wild ranges , the last haunts of the all but extinct Bouquetin , or Ibex , to the rich valleys , with their strangely - mixed races of Savoyard , Piedmontese , Italian , and German ; as ...
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... interest , and also avoid the beaten track of the St. Bernard . cases . Studer and Escher's geological chart led to some conversa- tion on the formation of the neighbouring mountain - ranges , and we adjourned to the library , where ...
... interest , and also avoid the beaten track of the St. Bernard . cases . Studer and Escher's geological chart led to some conversa- tion on the formation of the neighbouring mountain - ranges , and we adjourned to the library , where ...
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... interest is the narrow plain , where ages past were reared the Celtic altars of Pen , and after them the famous Roman temple of Jupiter . But scanty records are left us , beyond their bare names , of the hardy primitive tribes of ...
... interest is the narrow plain , where ages past were reared the Celtic altars of Pen , and after them the famous Roman temple of Jupiter . But scanty records are left us , beyond their bare names , of the hardy primitive tribes of ...
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... interest in their welfare , collecting them together at every opportunity , especially in the winter , for religious instruction . We were sorry to learn on inquiring for him , that the very agreeable young monk who entertained us on ...
... interest in their welfare , collecting them together at every opportunity , especially in the winter , for religious instruction . We were sorry to learn on inquiring for him , that the very agreeable young monk who entertained us on ...
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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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