. Castles and chateaux of old Burgundy and the border provinces. ut up into the present-day depart-ments of modern France. Dauphiny is possessed of multiple has the sun-burnt character of Provence inthe south, with Montelimar and Grignan as itschief centres; it has its coteaux and falaises,like those of Normandy, around Crest and Die;and its Petite HoUande neighbouring uponTour-de-Pin where the Dauphins once had agem of a little rest-house which still exists to-day. The mountains of Dauphiny rival theAlps of Switzerland — the famous Barre desficrins is only a shade less dominant tha
. Castles and chateaux of old Burgundy and the border provinces. ut up into the present-day depart-ments of modern France. Dauphiny is possessed of multiple has the sun-burnt character of Provence inthe south, with Montelimar and Grignan as itschief centres; it has its coteaux and falaises,like those of Normandy, around Crest and Die;and its Petite HoUande neighbouring uponTour-de-Pin where the Dauphins once had agem of a little rest-house which still exists to-day. The mountains of Dauphiny rival theAlps of Switzerland — the famous Barre desficrins is only a shade less dominant than MontBlanc itself. The chief singer of the praises of Dauphinyhas ever been Lamartine. No one has picturedits varied a^pects better. Loeil embrasse au matin Ihorizoii quil domineEt regarde, a travers les branches de noyer,Les eaux bleiiir au loin et la plaine ondoyer. On voit a mille pieds au dessous de leurs branchesLa grande plaine bleue avec ses routes blanchesLes moissons jaunes dor, les bois comme un point noir,LIsere renvoyant le ciel comme un Maison des Dauphins, Tour-de-Pin La Grande Chartreuse 247 The very topographical aspect of Dauphinyhas bespoken romance and chivalry at all mass of La Grande Chartreuse was dedi-cated to religious devotion, but those of othermountain chains, and the plains and valleyslying between, were strewn with castle towersand donjons almost to the total exclusion ofchurch spires. Coming south from Chambery by the valleyof the Graisivaudan, by the side of the rushingwaters of the Isere hurrying on its way to jointhe greater Ehone at Valence, the point of viewis manifestly one which suggests feudalism inall its militant glory, rather than the recogni-tion of the fact that it is overshadowed by theheight of La Grande Chartreuse, whose influ-ences were wholly dissimilar. It was the valley of Graisivaudan that LouisXII rather impulsively called the most beauti-ful garden of France: charme par la divi-nite de ses plantements et
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