. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . colon-nade, we found ourselves in the second or inner court,which is a complete quadrangle, and is, we were told,of rather older date than the facade. This is thequadrangle which gives its collegiate character toOropa. It is surrounded by cloisters on three sides,on to which the rooms in which the pilgrims arelodged open—those at least that are on the ground-floor, for there are three storeys. The chapel, whichwas dedicated in the year 1600, juts out into the courtupon the north-east side. On the north-west andsouth-west sides
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . colon-nade, we found ourselves in the second or inner court,which is a complete quadrangle, and is, we were told,of rather older date than the facade. This is thequadrangle which gives its collegiate character toOropa. It is surrounded by cloisters on three sides,on to which the rooms in which the pilgrims arelodged open—those at least that are on the ground-floor, for there are three storeys. The chapel, whichwas dedicated in the year 1600, juts out into the courtupon the north-east side. On the north-west andsouth-west sides are entrances through which onemay pass to the open country. The grass, at thetime of our visit, was for the most part covered withsheets spread out to dry. They looked very nice, SANCTUARY OF OROPA. 227 and, dried on such grass and in such an air, they mustbe delicious to sleep on. There is, indeed, rather anappearance as though it were a perpetual washing-day at Oropa, but this is not to be wondered at con-sidering the numbers of comers and goers ; besides,. INNER COURT OF SANCTUARY OF OROPA. people in Italy do not make so much fuss about triflesas we do. If they want to wash their sheets anddry them, they do not send them to Ealing, but laythem out in the first place that comes handy, andnobodys bones are broken. CHAPTER XVI. or op A —con tin ued. On the east side of the main block of buildings thereis a grassy slope adorned with chapels that con-tain figures illustrating scenes in the history of theVirgin. These figures are of terra-cotta, for the mostpart life-size, and painted up to nature. In somecases, if I remember rightly, they have hemp orflax for hair, as at Varallo, and throughout realismis aimed at as far as possible, not only in the figures, but in the accessories. Wehave very little of the samekind in E norland. In theTower of London there isan effigy of Queen Elizabethgoing to the city to givethanks for the defeat of the Spanish looks as if it
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