This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...From a height commanding Stresa, was sketched the following panorama: --A vast amphitheatre of forests and vines, with hamlets here and there just opening to the view from amidst their sylvan groves, and mountains arrayed in all the glory of their sublime combination, display themselves to the enchanted eyes of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...From a height commanding Stresa, was sketched the following panorama: --A vast amphitheatre of forests and vines, with hamlets here and there just opening to the view from amidst their sylvan groves, and mountains arrayed in all the glory of their sublime combination, display themselves to the enchanted eyes of the beholder. At his feet lies Stresa, with the beautiful villa Bolongari, and the new church, built after the plan of Zanoja. On his left, the shore makes a bend, and Baveno, with its shattered rocks, appears in view. From the sides of these cliffs, enormous fragments of rock, blasted by the force of gunpowder, come thundering from a tremendous height. Further on he sees Mont Orfano raising its rusrged, barren, melancholy sides, as if to lock in the Verbanus; while at its foot rolls the wide and rapid current of the Toce, with the stream proceeding from the Margozzolo, as if to pay their tribute to a lake adorned with all the beautiful reflections of mingled light and shadow. Then he gazes on the snow-clad pinnacles of the Simplon, to point one out from afar the way to those regions of cold sublimity. Turning from left to right, he sees the long ridge of lofty mountains which divide the ValVegezza from the Lago Maggiore, while softer and gentler declivities break the distance, and descend to the very " kiss of the waters," where they appear studded with numerous villages. Pallanza, Intra (the queen of the lake), and Laveno, here reveal themselves through the pure ether with astonishing clearness. Tlie background of this immense picture is formed by the Alps of the Italian Helvetia, whose countless pinnacles, glittering in the rays of the sun, rise with unspeakable majesty. A ion a.--Hotels.-poste, very comfortable and reasonable; the best a...
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