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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... wild and stormy , thickly falling flakes of snow drifting past the double glazed windows . After an early dinner with the hospitable Chanoine , who produced a flask of their best Malvoisie from the convent cellars , we had the after ...
... wild and stormy , thickly falling flakes of snow drifting past the double glazed windows . After an early dinner with the hospitable Chanoine , who produced a flask of their best Malvoisie from the convent cellars , we had the after ...
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... 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 strongly contrasted as the wonderful gra- dations ...
... 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 strongly contrasted as the wonderful gra- dations ...
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... wild region . The records of the convent were then destroyed by fire , a catastrophe which has happened since ; but history recounts many interesting events which had the great St. Bernard for their scene . Pilgrims bound to Rome ...
... wild region . The records of the convent were then destroyed by fire , a catastrophe which has happened since ; but history recounts many interesting events which had the great St. Bernard for their scene . Pilgrims bound to Rome ...
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... human race to record , since the days when the wild aborigines of the great European family first migrated hitherward , and found these mountains and valleys silent and tenantless ; while the CHAP . I. 13 HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS .
... human race to record , since the days when the wild aborigines of the great European family first migrated hitherward , and found these mountains and valleys silent and tenantless ; while the CHAP . I. 13 HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS .
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... wild savages , convert them by his preaching , and establish by the site of the old Pagan temple a Christian church and a house of refuge for travellers . His labours were eminently successful ; he founded the Con- vent over which he ...
... wild savages , convert them by his preaching , and establish by the site of the old Pagan temple a Christian church and a house of refuge for travellers . His labours were eminently successful ; he founded the Con- vent over which he ...
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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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