. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . CASTLE OF ANGERA, FROM S. QUIRICO. place comparable to it in its own way. I know noplace so pathetic, and yet so impressive, in its is not a ruin —all ruins are frauds—it is onlydecayed. It is a kind of Stokesay or Ightham Moat,better preserved than the first, and less furnishedthan the second, but on a grander scale than either, Y 338 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. and set in incomparably finer surroundings. The pathtowards it passes the church, which has been this there are parts of old Roman columnsfrom some
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . CASTLE OF ANGERA, FROM S. QUIRICO. place comparable to it in its own way. I know noplace so pathetic, and yet so impressive, in its is not a ruin —all ruins are frauds—it is onlydecayed. It is a kind of Stokesay or Ightham Moat,better preserved than the first, and less furnishedthan the second, but on a grander scale than either, Y 338 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. and set in incomparably finer surroundings. The pathtowards it passes the church, which has been this there are parts of old Roman columnsfrom some temple, stuck in the ground ; inside aretwo statues called St. Peter and St. Paul, but evi-dently effigies of some magistrates in the Roman. times. If the traveller likes to continue the road pastthe church for three quarters of a mile or so, he willget a fine view of the castle, and if he goes up to thelittle chapel of S. Quirico on the top of the hill onhis right hand, he will look down upon it and uponArona. We will suppose, however, that he goes straight AN G ERA AND A RON A 339 for the castle itself; every moment as he approachesit, it will seem finer and finer ; presently he will turninto a vineyard on his left, and at once begin toclimb. Passing under the old gateway—with its portcullisstill ready to be dropped, if need be, and with the iron
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