. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . haracter that I have seen. It is not comparable, forexample, to Fusio. It is little visited by the our way down to Bellinzona again we deter-mined to take S. Maria in Calanca, and accordinglywere dropped by the diligence near Gabbiolo, whencethere is a path across the meadows and under thechestnuts which leads to Verdabbio. There are somegood bits near the church of this village, and somequaint modern fres-coes on a public-housea little off the mainfootpath, but there isno this village thepath asc
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . haracter that I have seen. It is not comparable, forexample, to Fusio. It is little visited by the our way down to Bellinzona again we deter-mined to take S. Maria in Calanca, and accordinglywere dropped by the diligence near Gabbiolo, whencethere is a path across the meadows and under thechestnuts which leads to Verdabbio. There are somegood bits near the church of this village, and somequaint modern fres-coes on a public-housea little off the mainfootpath, but there isno this village thepath ascends rapidlyfor an hour or more, approach to sta. maria. till just as one has made almost sure that one musthave gone wrong and have got too high, or be onthe track to an alpe only, one finds ones self on a widebeaten path with walls on either side. We are now ona level with S. Maria itself, and turning sharply to theleft come in a few minutes right upon the massivekeep and the campanile, which are so striking whenseen from down below. They are much more striking. 292 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. when seen from close at hand. The sketch I givedoes not convey the notion—as what sketch can con-vey it ?—that one is at a great elevation, and it is thiswhich gives its especial charm to S. Maria in approach to the church is beautiful, and thechurch itself full of interest. The village was evidentlyat one time a place of some importance, though it is not easy to under-stand how it cameto be built in such asituation. Even nowit is unaccountablylarge. There is noaccommodation forsleeping, but anartist who couldrough it would, Ithink, find a gooddeal that he would
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