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 ... With [plates And] Illustrations from the Author's Sketches, Maps [and a Plan], Etc |
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Page iii
... 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 service - Peasants ...
... 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 service - Peasants ...
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... VAL D'AOSTA . Scenery - Vines - ------- Descent of Val d'Aosta - La Salle Alluvial mounds Last view of Mont Blanc - Ivrogne - Villeneuve- Barricaded win- dows - Châtel Argent - Château St. Pierre- Château d'Aimaville- Goîtres and ...
... VAL D'AOSTA . Scenery - Vines - ------- Descent of Val d'Aosta - La Salle Alluvial mounds Last view of Mont Blanc - Ivrogne - Villeneuve- Barricaded win- dows - Châtel Argent - Château St. Pierre- Château d'Aimaville- Goîtres and ...
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... VAL TOURNANCHE . Valtournanche - Pass of Mont Cervin- Arrangements for ascent - Châlets of Breuil - Sunrise Ascent ... Aosta - Châtillon ― - - Geology Val Page 203 CHAPTER X. VAL D'AOSTA . Châtillon to Turin - Plains of Piedmont - Turin ...
... VAL TOURNANCHE . Valtournanche - Pass of Mont Cervin- Arrangements for ascent - Châlets of Breuil - Sunrise Ascent ... Aosta - Châtillon ― - - Geology Val Page 203 CHAPTER X. VAL D'AOSTA . Châtillon to Turin - Plains of Piedmont - Turin ...
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... Aosta - St. Martin to Fort Bard - - Page 285 CHAPTER XIV . VAL DE CHAMPORCHER . - VAL DE COGNE . Difficult mule ascent- - Pont Bosel Trout - stream — Halt at Champorcher - Royal sportsmen ... VAL SESIA . VAL SERMENTA . - vi CONTENTS .
... Aosta - St. Martin to Fort Bard - - Page 285 CHAPTER XIV . VAL DE CHAMPORCHER . - VAL DE COGNE . Difficult mule ascent- - Pont Bosel Trout - stream — Halt at Champorcher - Royal sportsmen ... VAL SESIA . VAL SERMENTA . - vi CONTENTS .
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... VAL MASTALONE Frontispiece 2. CONVENT OF GREAT ST . BERNARD AND MONT VELAN to face page 9 3. THE GLACIER OF LA BRENVA - VAL ... AOSTA 78 124 .. MAP OF ITALIAN VALLEYS OF THE PENNINE ALPS .. at the end . THE ITALIAN VALLEYS OF THE PENNINE AL ...
... VAL MASTALONE Frontispiece 2. CONVENT OF GREAT ST . BERNARD AND MONT VELAN to face page 9 3. THE GLACIER OF LA BRENVA - VAL ... AOSTA 78 124 .. MAP OF ITALIAN VALLEYS OF THE PENNINE ALPS .. at the end . THE ITALIAN VALLEYS OF THE PENNINE AL ...
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Aiguille Alagna Alpine Alps Aosta appeared ascent avalanches Barailler beautiful Bernard Biona blue bouquetin bridge Cervin châlets Challant chamois Champorcher Châtillon church climbed clouds Cogne colour Courmayeur Cramont crest crevasses crossed curé dark deep Delapierre descending distance Doire feet foot forest glacier glen gneiss green Gressoney Grivola head height Italian La Thuile larch lofty looked lower Lyskam Macugnaga magnificent mass meadows Mont Blanc Mont Velan Monte Rosa Mora moraine morning mountain side mule narrow night pass pastures path peaks Piedmont pine precipice range reached remarkable rich ridge Rimasco road rocks Roman round Salassi scene scenery seemed seen singular slopes snow Spitze steep stone stream summit Taurini torrent track Turin Val d'Aosta Val d'Ayas Val de Lys Val Ferret Val Sesia Val Tournanche valley Valpelline vast village walls wild winter Zumstein
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