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 37
estling on a plateau that now showeditself high up on the other side the valley of the Ticino, 30 Alps and Sanctuaries perhaps a couple of miles off as the crow flies. Thisfound upon inquiry to be Dalpe ; above Dalpe rose pinewoods and pastures ; then the loftier alpi, then ruggedprecipices, and… … CAMPO SANTO AT CALPIOGNIA passed through Calpiognia, and though the dusk wasdeepening, I could not forbear from pausing at theCampo Santo just outside the village. I give a sketchtaken by daylight, but neither sketch nor words can giveany idea of the pathos of the place. When I saw it firstit was…
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