The Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps

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Excerpt from The Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps: A Tour Through All the Romantic and Less-Frequented Vals of the Northern Piedmont, From the Tarentaise to the GriesOur project was, after crossing the Alps, to explore and traverse, from head to foot, all the remote and less frequented valleys of Piedmont, which descend from the steep southern face of the great Pennine chain, from Mont Blanc west to Monte Rosa east. The latter noble mountain, with its deep glens and their remarkable inhabitants, had been an especial object of 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 district - and also its romantic scenery, so far as a hasty reconnoitring enabled us to judge, excited a strong wish to see more of them, and when, from the road between Como and Milan, on our way to Venice, we took a farewell look of Monte Rosa, its many summits glittering in the setting sun like a wondrous mass of crystal, we determined to revisit it on the first opportunity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.