. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . S. MICHELE, FROM PATH TO AVIGLIANA. io4 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. with the best water that I know of as supplied to anytown. We will now return to the place from which the first. .JttC^VK* fl«fl««&ifc£.. r?,f**>0* <7 C yrff MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE SANCTUARY. Sfi*S& of the sketches on p. 103 was taken, and proceed to thesanctuary itself. Passing the small but very massivecircular ruin shown on the right hand of the sketch, S. MICHELE. 10: and about which nothing whatever is known either asregards its date or object, we asc
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . S. MICHELE, FROM PATH TO AVIGLIANA. io4 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. with the best water that I know of as supplied to anytown. We will now return to the place from which the first. .JttC^VK* fl«fl««&ifc£.. r?,f**>0* <7 C yrff MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE SANCTUARY. Sfi*S& of the sketches on p. 103 was taken, and proceed to thesanctuary itself. Passing the small but very massivecircular ruin shown on the right hand of the sketch, S. MICHELE. 10: and about which nothing whatever is known either asregards its date or object, we ascend by a gentleincline to the outer gate of the sanctuary. Thebattered plates of iron that cover the wooden doorsare marked with many a bullet. Then we keep undercover for a short space, after which we find ourselvesat the foot of a long flight of steps. Close by there is alittle terrace with a wall round it, where one can standand enjoy a view over the valley of the Dora to Turin. Having ascended the steps, we are at the mainentrance to the building—a massive Lombard door-way, evidently the original one. In the space abovethe door there have been two frescoes, an earlier and alater one, one painted over the other, but
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