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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... night - St. Barthélemy Night at the cure's Party of priests — Schools and education - Fenêtre de St. Barthélemy - Suspicious cha- racters - Torgnon — Antey - Valtouruanche .. - - 184 CHAPTER IX . VAL TOURNANCHE . Valtournanche - Pass of ...
... night - St. Barthélemy Night at the cure's Party of priests — Schools and education - Fenêtre de St. Barthélemy - Suspicious cha- racters - Torgnon — Antey - Valtouruanche .. - - 184 CHAPTER IX . VAL TOURNANCHE . Valtournanche - Pass of ...
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... Night quarters Descent to Châtillon d'Aosta Châtillon - - Geology - Val Page 203 CHAPTER X. VAL D'AOSTA . - - - Châtillon to Turin - Plains of Piedmont - Turin - Vaudois church and service - Roman Catholic Church in Piedmont ...
... Night quarters Descent to Châtillon d'Aosta Châtillon - - Geology - Val Page 203 CHAPTER X. VAL D'AOSTA . - - - Châtillon to Turin - Plains of Piedmont - Turin - Vaudois church and service - Roman Catholic Church in Piedmont ...
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... Night descent to Cogne - Dangerous Strange quarters - The curé and his brother Sunday in the mountains Costumes Ascent of the Grivola - Magnificent view- Return to Cogne - The Bouquetin route - - 306 CHAPTER XV . VAL DE COGNE . VAL D ...
... Night descent to Cogne - Dangerous Strange quarters - The curé and his brother Sunday in the mountains Costumes Ascent of the Grivola - Magnificent view- Return to Cogne - The Bouquetin route - - 306 CHAPTER XV . VAL DE COGNE . VAL D ...
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... Night Banio.- Festival and illuminations - Ponte Grande Page 386 CHAPTER XVIII . VAL ANZASCA . - VAL MACUGnaga . - Ponte Grande - Festa and procession - Bishop of Novara - Inn - Mora's plight Start for Macugnaga - Vanzone - Cure's ...
... Night Banio.- Festival and illuminations - Ponte Grande Page 386 CHAPTER XVIII . VAL ANZASCA . - VAL MACUGnaga . - Ponte Grande - Festa and procession - Bishop of Novara - Inn - Mora's plight Start for Macugnaga - Vanzone - Cure's ...
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... night , having lost our way in a heavy snow - storm , and been over- taken by darkness , which involved us in considerable peril . The season of the year , the state of the pass , the weather , and a variety of circumstances , have in ...
... night , having lost our way in a heavy snow - storm , and been over- taken by darkness , which involved us in considerable peril . The season of the year , the state of the pass , the weather , and a variety of circumstances , have in ...
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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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