SWITZERLAND Ticine River Valley View from Airolo

Description: Airolo and the Valley of Levantine Another Fine Quality Print from Martin2001 Print Specifics: Type of print: Steel engraving - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print - actual 1836 Artist / Engraver: Brockedon / Brockedon Publisher: London, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair) Dimensions: 7.5 x 11 inches, (18 x 27 cm) including blank margins (borders) around the image. Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNote: 1. Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. The map shows the approximate location of the illustrated view. The actual map is NOT included in this offer. Narrative: Faido is one of the principal places of the Val Levantine, but it is uninteresting both to the traveller and to the historian. The vine is cultivated as far as Faido, but the mulberry and fig do not flourish above Giornico. About a league and a half above Faido is the ravine of the. Dazio Grande, where the road in some places is cut out of the rock, which overhangs the passage, and in other places is carried on a terrace, which is built upon arches from the bed of the torrent. Through this defile the Tessin rushes, foaming from rock to rock, in a continued cataract above half a mile in length. This part of the road, which is very well constructed, is one of the finest works of the engineer on the route of the Saint Gothard: it was accomplished and is preserved at a very great expense. The change from this fearful passage to the quiet of the upper valley to which it leads, is remarkable. At the head of the gorge of the Dazio is a barrier, where a tax is received to keep the road in repair. Thence the traveller proceeds nearly two leagues through the upper Val Levantine, which is industriously cultivated by the inhabitants of Piota and other villages in the valley; and, considering its elevation (three thousand feet above the sea), it is very productive. On approaching the defile of Stalvedro, which closes the head of this valley, and divides it from the Val Bedretto, a magnificent scene is presented. The mountains of Saint Gothard appear to tower over the defile, combining with their grand forms the impressive effect of eternal snows, and making the barrier of Stalvedro dwindle to the scale and character of a dyke. Above these rocks, on the right bank of the Tessin, are the ruins of a tower built by the Lombards, and still bearing the name of one of the latest of their kings — the tower of Desiderio Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

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