. Castles and chateaux of old Burgundy and the border provinces. Gresy is one of these; at Bathie is a finefeudal ruin with a round and square tower ofmost imposing presence; Blay has another,with a wall surmounted by a range of tripledtourelles; Feisons has yet another, and a castlewall or an isolated tower is ever in view which-ever way one turns the head. The roadway through Albertville and Mou-tiers leads into Italy over the Petit Saint Ber-nard ; that by the valley of the Maurienne overthe Mont Cenis. Here, just as Lans-le-Bourgis reached, you may still see the signboardsalong the ro
. Castles and chateaux of old Burgundy and the border provinces. Gresy is one of these; at Bathie is a finefeudal ruin with a round and square tower ofmost imposing presence; Blay has another,with a wall surmounted by a range of tripledtourelles; Feisons has yet another, and a castlewall or an isolated tower is ever in view which-ever way one turns the head. The roadway through Albertville and Mou-tiers leads into Italy over the Petit Saint Ber-nard ; that by the valley of the Maurienne overthe Mont Cenis. Here, just as Lans-le-Bourgis reached, you may still see the signboardsalong the road reading: ^ Eoute ImperialeNo. 16: Frontiere Sarde a 10 kilom. It wouldseem as though Lans-le-Bourg had not yetheard that the Empire had fallen, nor of thecreation of the unified Italian Kingdom. Still penetrating toward the heart of the Sa-voyan Alps one soon reaches Albertville, pri-marily a place of war, secondly a centre forexcursions in upper Savoy. This gives themodern note. For that of mediaevalism one hasto go outside the town to Conflans, where sits.
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