. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . co of the Madonna,ascribed, I should think rightly, to Bernardino Luini,and at the cemetery outside the town there are some old LOCARNO. 349 frescoes of the second half of the fifteenth century, in aruinous state, but interesting. If I remember rightlythere are several dates on them, averaging might easily have been done by the same manwho did the frescoes at Mesocco, but I prefer theselast. The great feat-ure, however, of Locar-no is the Sacro Montewhich rises above the woodenbridge which crossesthe strea
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . co of the Madonna,ascribed, I should think rightly, to Bernardino Luini,and at the cemetery outside the town there are some old LOCARNO. 349 frescoes of the second half of the fifteenth century, in aruinous state, but interesting. If I remember rightlythere are several dates on them, averaging might easily have been done by the same manwho did the frescoes at Mesocco, but I prefer theselast. The great feat-ure, however, of Locar-no is the Sacro Montewhich rises above the woodenbridge which crossesthe stream just be-fore entering upon thesacred precincts, thechurch and chapels androad arrange them-selves thus. On the way up, keep-ing to the steeper andabrupter route, one catches sight of the monks garden—a little paradise with vines, beehives, onions, lettuces,cabbages, marigolds to colour the risotto with, and alittle plot of great luxuriant tobacco plants. Amongstthe foliage may be now and again seen the burlyfio-ure of a monk with a straw hat on. The best view. SACRO MONTE, LOCARNO, NO. I. 35° ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. of the sanctuary from above is the one which I givehere. The church itself is not remarkable, but it containsthe best collection of votive pictures that I know inany church, unless the one at Oropa be excepted ;there is also a modern Italian Return from the
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