Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the canton Ticino (1913)
Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902, Streatfeild, R. A. (Richard Alexander), 1866-1919 · New York, E. P. Dutton & company · leaf 100
a winding path through whichwe could almost fancy we saw a youth led by an angel, 92 S. Michele 93 and there was a dog with him, and he held a fish in hishand. Far below were lights from villages in the valleyof the Dora. Above us rose the mountains, bathed inshadow, or glittering in the moonbeams,… … S. MICHELE FROM S. PIETRO must be some 800 feet above the sea, and San Pietroabout 1500 feet above S. Ambrogio. The sanctuary at thetop of the mountain is 2800 feet above the sea-level, orabout 500 feet above San Pietro. A situation more de-lightful than that of San Pietro it is impossible to…
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