. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . SACRO MONTE OF VARESE, NEARER VIEW. of a hill; it is an instinct in our nature to do so ; it isa remnant of the same instinct which makes sheeplike to camp at the top of a hill; it gives a remotesense of security and vantage-ground against an Italians seem hardly look at a highplace without longing to put something on the top of SACRO MONTE, VARESE. 331 it, and they have seldom done so with better effectthan in the case of the Sacro Monte at Varese. Fromthe moment of its bursting upon one on turning thecorner
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . SACRO MONTE OF VARESE, NEARER VIEW. of a hill; it is an instinct in our nature to do so ; it isa remnant of the same instinct which makes sheeplike to camp at the top of a hill; it gives a remotesense of security and vantage-ground against an Italians seem hardly look at a highplace without longing to put something on the top of SACRO MONTE, VARESE. 331 it, and they have seldom done so with better effectthan in the case of the Sacro Monte at Varese. Fromthe moment of its bursting upon one on turning thecorner near the seventh, or flagellation chapel, onecannot keep ones eyes off it, and fancies, as with , that it comes better and better with every stepone takes ; near the top it composes, as on page 330,. TERRACE AT THE SACRO MONTE, VARESE. but without colour nothing can give an adequate notionof its extreme beauty. Once at the top the interestcentres in the higgledy-pigglediness of the houses, thegay colours of the booths where strings of beads andother religious knick-knacks are sold, the glorious 332 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. panorama, and in the inn where one can dine verywell, and I should imagine find good sleeping accom-modation. The view from the balcony outside thedining-room is wonderful, and on p. 331 is a sketchfrom the terrace just in front of the church. There is here no single building comparable to thesanctuary of Sammichele, nor is there any trace ofthat beautiful Lombard work which there makes somuch impression upon one in the church on the MontePirchiriano ; the architecture is late, and barocco, not tosay rococo, reigns everywhere ; nevertheless the effectof the church is good. The visitor should get thesacristan to show him a very fine pagliotto or altarcloth of raised
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