. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . w were liehts fromvillages in the valley of the Dora. Above us rose themountains, bathed in shadow, or glitterine in themoonbeams, and there came from them the pleasantmurmuring of streamlets that had been swollen by thestorm. Next morning the sky was cloudless and the airinvigorating. S. Ambrogio, at the foot of themountain, must be some 800 feet above the sea, andSan Pietro about 1500 feet above S. Ambrogio. Thesanctuary at the top of the mountain is 2800 feetabove the sea-level, or about 500 feet above SanPietro. A situatio
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . w were liehts fromvillages in the valley of the Dora. Above us rose themountains, bathed in shadow, or glitterine in themoonbeams, and there came from them the pleasantmurmuring of streamlets that had been swollen by thestorm. Next morning the sky was cloudless and the airinvigorating. S. Ambrogio, at the foot of themountain, must be some 800 feet above the sea, andSan Pietro about 1500 feet above S. Ambrogio. Thesanctuary at the top of the mountain is 2800 feetabove the sea-level, or about 500 feet above SanPietro. A situation more delightful than that of SanPietro it is impossible to conceive. It contains some200 inhabitants, and lies on a ledge of level land, 5. MICHELE. 101 which is, of course, covered with the most beautifullygreen grass, and in spring carpeted with wild-flowers;great broad - leaved chestnuts rise from out themeadows, and beneath their shade are strewn massesof sober mulberry-coloured rock; but above all theserises the great feature of the place, from which, when. S. MICHELE FROM S. PIETRO. it is in sight, the eyes can hardly be diverted,—I meanthe sanctuary of S. Michele itself. The sketch gives but little idea of the place. Innature it appears as one of those fascinating thingslike the smoke from Vesuvius, or the town on theSacro Monte at Varese, which take possession of one 102 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. to the exclusion of all else, as long as they are insight. From each point of view it becomes more andmore striking. Climbing up to it from San Pietroand getting at last nearly on a level with the lowerparts of the building, or again keeping to a pathwayalonor the side of the mountain towards Avieliana, itwill come as on the following page. There is a very beautiful view from near the spotwhere the first of these sketches is taken. Weare then on the very ridge or crest of the moun-tain, and look down on the one hand upon the valleyof the Dora going up to Susa, with the glaciers
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