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riTer 'Sarca descending the valley from the rt. Torbole is a poor fishing-vil lage, hut beautifully situated; between it and Riva the road is carried by the ■waterside, and crosses the river Sarca, which here pours itself into the Lake. 8 Jinn (Inns: 11 Sole, by no means had, ami the view from its windows behind atones for some defects; II Giar- dmo), N.B. Riva is not a post-sta tion ; travel lei^ arriving by steamer with their own carriage must send to Roveredo ft wo posts, at a cost

of 2 florins; for horses. Riva (Germ.Keif),40CO Itihab.,looks well at a distance; within, its streets are dirty and dilapidated, and contrast sin gularly with their fine names : as ( on- trada delie Xercide, La Florida. Its situation is one of the most exquisite beauty, on the N.W. extremity of the I*gt> di Garda, hemmed in by preci pices surrounded by high mountains, and in a climate permitting the growth of orange and citron groves, olives, myrtles, vines, and pomegranates. In the midst of the lake rises

a watch- tower fortified since 1850 1 ; and. above the town, on the 8., stands the Castle Jj'i Jiocc'i) built by the Seal Igors, now a prison, 'fhv Ch- of the Inviohta, in the neighbourhood, is said to contain a picture by '7 "rrcin/n and two by Palm<t. " A carrsage-road was opened 1850 from Riva to Brescia. The L»‘V> 'R o <u-<M (Lacus Bennetts of the ancients) is about 55 m. long and 15 in. wide the upper part alone belongs to Tyrol. Its elevation above the Adriatic is 227 Eng, ft. ; its greatest

depth 832 fathoms, and its superficial area. 14fi Iv»g. sq. miles. A goes daily from Riva to Pesehiera, at the 8. extremity of the lake, and re turns to Riva the same day, in 4 hrs. Fare, Igt place, -l§ lire; 2ml place, 8 lire. A steamboat also go-es to ikwn* lino, Monday, and returns to Riva Tuesday. By this means, combined with the rat!wav at Ifoschiera, the traveller can reach Milan or Venice on the saint evening. The Lsgti di Garda invites the ut- wdtuess at its lower extremity with foai

oil expressed from laurel-berries is used in the German cloth-factories instead of that of lhe olive. The lake abounds in trout, pike, tench, agone (clupea), and carpione (a species of sal mo): perch is wanting. W.* About 2 m, S. of Riva, near Ponal, is the icatcrfuU of the .Lafro t a stream issuing out of a small lake. It may he readied by boat from Riva, and visitors may be carried up to the top of the waterfall on the hacks of asses. 1 he best view of the fall is front about 50 yards out in the

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Geography, Travel guides

Year:

1855

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Physical description: XII, 573 S. : Kt.. - 7. ed., corr. and enlarged

Notations: Nebent.: Murray's hand-book southern Germany. - Hand -Book southern Germany

Subject heading: g.Süddeutschland ; z.Geschichte 1855 ; f.Führer

103 , PEDESTRIAN TOURS, 272 2nd Pedestrian Tour, from Salzburg Salzbur, * 5 * Gaste’m. Heiligenblut. Winklern in the Moll- thal. Iselsberg. Lienz. W indisch-Mutrcy. Virgen. Tefereggen. Griessthal, Brunecken, Täufers. Zillerthal. Dux. Werberg, Innsbruck. Selvain. Kiihethay. Oetzthal. Passeyr. Meran, Ulten. J ucliearia. Condino, Val di Ledro. Riva—Lago di Garda. T orbole-—Nago. to Boizen. Monte Baldo. Avio. Ala. Vali arsa. Terragnolo, Lavarono. Sette Cómmani» ' Val di Sella. Borgo di Val Sugana

. 11. Roveredo (Ly Stelhvagen) to Riva (on foot, '> hrs.). 12. Desenzano and back, Ly steamer. - 13. Riva to Trent. 14 . Botzen (by Stelhvagen). - 15. Meran (by Stelhvagen), St. Leon- hard’s (on foot). 16. Over the laufen to Stertzing. 17. Trent (by Stellwagen), or hackte Innsbruck.— E.B, Steinach, 5 hrs. Hinter Dux, fif hrs. Lauersbach, 1| hr. Meyerhofen, 3 hrs, Zell, 11 hr. Gerlos, 4 hrs, Krimml, 4 hrs. Summit of Pass, 7 hrs. Heiligengeist, 3 hrs, Winkel, 4 hrs. Branecken, 3 hrs. 4rth Pedestrian Tbw

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Geography, Travel guides

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1829

¬The¬ Cornice, the Grimsel and the Gries, the Bernardin and the Splugen, the Brenner, the Tende and the Argentière, and the Simplon.- (Illustrations of the passes of the Alps ; Vol. 2)

Page 65 of 164

Author: Brockedon, William / by William Brockedon

Publisher: Print. for the author, sold by Rodwell

Physical description: Getr. Zählung ; zahlr. Ill.

Notations: Illustrations of the passes of the Alps : by which Italy communicates with France, Switzerland, and Germany

Location mark: III 83.717/2

Intern ID: 333560

of mountains that form its southern boundary, and which are surmounted by enormous glaciers, extending to the Bernina, in the Engadine. From Chiavenna, the distance to Riva, at the head of the Lake of Como, is about ten miles. Travellers hasten through the northern part of the lake, to avoid the malaria, which prevails there to a fatal extent. Boats are readily obtained at Riva, by which they can de scend to the Lake of Como. The navigation of the Lake of Riva, the northern part of the Lake of Como

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Geography, Travel guides

Year:

1905

Botzen-Gries and the Mendel Pass.- (Geuter's Illustrated Guide Books)

Page 4 of 79

Place: Darmstadt [u.a.]

Publisher: Jandl

Physical description: 68 S. : Ill., Kt.

Subject heading: g.Bozen ; f.Führer g.Bozen <Region> ; s.Wandern ; f.Führer

Location mark: I A-4.631

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nt s tim' von Venedig Mit zahlreichem Ansichten. Plan, Karte und vollst. Katalog .der. Gernttldegallerie. Sechste Auflage,. Preis 1 Mark. S Gardasee itlustr. Führer vom MM zahlreichen Ansichten, einer Karte des Gardasees und Plan Von Riva. Vierte vermehrte Auflage, Preis 1 Mark. t h Verona 'lind Umgebung. Mit zahlreichen Ansichten, und einem Plan der Stadt, Preis 50 Pfg, Area illustrierter Führer von Mv«., Porholv und Umgehung. Mit zahlreichen Ansichten,, Karte, und zwei Plänen. Preis 1 Mark

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Arts, Archeology

Year:

1905

Tyrol : Art Chat ; Thomas Riss and his works ; the Brenner

Page 27 of 30

Place: New York, NY

Publisher: Norz

Physical description: 27 S. : Ill.

Subject heading: p.Riss, Thomas

Location mark: II 64.597

Intern ID: 211778

Kararsee, Mendel, Madonna di Campiglio, Penegal, Sulden, Trafoi, etc., offering an endless variety of attractions. A second spur from the Brenner Route leads to the Garda Sea by the picturesque wav of Mori, Lopio, Ponte Nago, also to Arco and Riva. A very important connection is the Pusterthal branch to Toblach-Ampezzo and dear Kaernten with its many lakes, justly called the Sapphire in the diadem of the Alps. Hereafter we must include the Brenner in our European tours either going or returning

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Geography, Travel guides

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1855

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Physical description: XII, 573 S. : Kt.. - 7. ed., corr. and enlarged

Notations: Nebent.: Murray's hand-book southern Germany. - Hand -Book southern Germany

Subject heading: g.Süddeutschland ; z.Geschichte 1855 ; f.Führer

324 . ROUTE 219. —TRENT TO RIVA. barked Hofer a prisoner, on his -way to Mantua, where he was shot. E.* The village of Malsesina, sur mounted by a castellated fort, built by the Venetians, several stories high, rising on a rock above the water, and very picturesque. W. Campione, a village surmounted by the Ch. of Marla di Monte Gas tello. S. of this place the moun tains recede from the water, leaving a strand or level strip covered with the richest southern vegetation, and so thickly strewed

/- PJcsenzo.no (Inns: Vittoria, on the ’ Posta Vecchia), 5000 Inhab. P 0 ; Handbook for North Italy /, Rte. 26.) Peschiem , a strong fortress and principal station for the Austrian *-?v vernment Steamers. Omnibus c ° nV 5L passengers and luggage j m. to Railway Slat, for Venice, Milan» Mantua. (Bee Handbook for North It&P Rte. 26.) ROUTE 219. TRENT TO RIVA ON THE LAG© GARDA. . if AC ■wi* 1. Tliis, since 1844, has been a good carriage-road; the dis about 26 m.—the scenery very tiful. Places of refreshment

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Geography, Travel guides

Year:

1855

Page 594 of 598

Physical description: XII, 573 S. : Kt.. - 7. ed., corr. and enlarged

Notations: Nebent.: Murray's hand-book southern Germany. - Hand -Book southern Germany

Subject heading: g.Süddeutschland ; z.Geschichte 1855 ; f.Führer

18 DEX. 570 RICHTER. prisoner, 4I8, His piions,, 229, Richter's birthplace, 124.. His grave, 12J, His statue, 122. Hied, 292, 391 Riecllingen, 29 lliegersburg castle, 424 Riegsee, 160 Biesen, 370 Bieientarg cavern, 112 Rifle-shooting in Tyrol, 276 RippolcLsau baths, 21 to Baden, 37 Riva, 323 Rivoli, 322 Rocbetla pass, 326 Rofnerhof.'ioS Rohitscb baths, 401 Roitham, 242 Rohr, 293 Rokitzan, 468 Roman road along the Danube, j §29. Bridge below Orsova, 514 Roman wall, 3,3,129, 139 Ronacb, 358

Rosenau, 558 Rosenbach, 402 Rosenberg, 552 Rosenborg castle, 470 Rosenheim, 158 Rosenstein, royal villa, j6 Bossiers house, 11 Roth, 129 1 Bothenberg, 18 ! Rothenburg on the Tauber, 165 > Rottentnann, 3 “6 Rottweil, 27 Rove redo, 311 to Riva on Lago di Garda, 32 2 to Vicenza, 362 Rovigtio, 415 Rungl stein castle, 318 Eusnxafa, ethnology of 'the, 551' Busniak villages, .485 1 Rustshuk, 539 Rutbens, ethnography of the, 55* Rze-zou, 485 SCUWARZACH. 1 Sahara, 3 20 Salz-bund, 249 Salzbukg, 239. Beauties

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Geography, Travel guides

Year:

1829

¬The¬ Cornice, the Grimsel and the Gries, the Bernardin and the Splugen, the Brenner, the Tende and the Argentière, and the Simplon.- (Illustrations of the passes of the Alps ; Vol. 2)

Page 83 of 164

Author: Brockedon, William / by William Brockedon

Publisher: Print. for the author, sold by Rodwell

Physical description: Getr. Zählung ; zahlr. Ill.

Notations: Illustrations of the passes of the Alps : by which Italy communicates with France, Switzerland, and Germany

Location mark: III 83.717/2

Intern ID: 333560

every point of view Trent is picturesque; but from no place is it more striking than from the ascent to Monte Porgine, where the city, and the windings of the river, are seen beneath the observer, with the mountains which bound the plain, extending to the horizon, and closing, in the distance, the valley of the Adige.* From Trent a road leads to Arco and thence to Riva, at the head of the Lago di Guarda. Between Trent and * Plate the fourth.

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Year:

1907

¬The¬ Land in the mountains : being an account of the past and present of Tyrol, its people and its castles

Page 167 of 406

Author: Baillie-Grohman, William A. ; Landis, Charles [Vorredner] / by W. A. Baillie-Grohman. With an introduction by Charles Landis

Publisher: Naturw.-med. Verein

Physical description: XXXI, 288 S. : zahlr. Ill.

Location mark: II A-1.123

Intern ID: 136079

lordships of Rattenberg, Kitzbuhel, and Kufsfein, the Ampezze dis trict, the four vicarates, Rovoreto and the towns of Arco and Riva, were added to Tyrol, while his predecessor, Sigismund, had increased its area by a portion of the Pusterthal and a part of the present Vorarlberg. By Maximilian’s will his two grandsons, the Emperor Charles V. and the Archduke- Ferdinand, became his successors on Tyrol’s throne, but the former soon rele gated his share to Ferdinand, the subsequent Emperor. The latter’s

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Geography, Travel guides

Year:

1829

¬The¬ Cornice, the Grimsel and the Gries, the Bernardin and the Splugen, the Brenner, the Tende and the Argentière, and the Simplon.- (Illustrations of the passes of the Alps ; Vol. 2)

Page 84 of 164

Author: Brockedon, William / by William Brockedon

Publisher: Print. for the author, sold by Rodwell

Physical description: Getr. Zählung ; zahlr. Ill.

Notations: Illustrations of the passes of the Alps : by which Italy communicates with France, Switzerland, and Germany

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traveller is already made to feel sensibly the difference between the cleanness of the German inns and the dirt and discomfort of those of Lombardy. From Roveredo, as well as from Trent, a road leads to Riva, on the Lago di Guarda. This is a shorter and more beautiful passage to the Milanese than by Volargno and Castel-nuovo. Between Roveredo and Ala, the next post-town, where the road is not enclosed by walls which exclude all view of the country, it passes through scenes extremely savage and dreary

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Category:

Geography, Travel guides

Year:

1855

Page 288 of 598

Physical description: XII, 573 S. : Kt.. - 7. ed., corr. and enlarged

Notations: Nebent.: Murray's hand-book southern Germany. - Hand -Book southern Germany

Subject heading: g.Süddeutschland ; z.Geschichte 1855 ; f.Führer

- .Innsbruck to Bolzen, Trent, - ®nd Verona, by the Pass of oio ' -Jfoe Brenner * ROveredo to Piva on the . -Lu/u di Garda - 219. Trent to Riva 20. Valleys of Non and Sole, Lavis to Bormio and Edolo 221, Trent to Brunecken, through the Plcimscrthal and Passa- thaï » 223. Brix- to Venice, by the Fed Sugano, . _ xen to Villach, by the ■* ^tetihui *. - 312 313 322 324 325 328 329 335 225 226. Lienz 228. 229 ROUTE PAGE 224, Brunecken to Heiligenblut, by Antholz, the Valley <>f Tefercggen , and the Kalser- thal

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Geography, Travel guides

Year:

1855

Page 292 of 598

Physical description: XII, 573 S. : Kt.. - 7. ed., corr. and enlarged

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Subject heading: g.Süddeutschland ; z.Geschichte 1855 ; f.Führer

excursion to the Gla- i ^.àrs. ■ Aimbler-Joch. gofer’s House (216). Meran (213). (Visit to the Finstermiinz and back » n Vrad). Pass of Stelvio (214). * Bormio. t Pass of the Tonal (220), Cies in the Val di Sole. Jal di Non. * Trent (2171 Riva on the Lago di Garda (2IS). Kovei-edo (217) * Trent again, and * Botzen, Castelruth (227). GrödnerthaL Gaderthal. Brunecken in the Pusterthal (223). Antholz (224). Tefereggenthal. W ind isch-M atrey. t Pass of St. Kuprecht, f Heiligenblut (244). Rauriser-T auern

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[ca. 1910]

Innsbruck and its environs

Page 23 of 177

Author: Coursen, Charlotte H. ; Reinhart, J. [Hrsg.] / by C. H. C. Souvenir presented to his guest by J. Reinhart

Place: Innsbruck

Publisher: Edlinger

Physical description: 119 S. : Ill., Kt.

of Austria, relegated at times to regents, only to revert 'again to the emperors. In 1500 Maximilian added the Pusterthal, his latest inheritance, to Tyrol, and in 1516, after a war with Venice, he made the further additions of Roveredo, Ala, Mori, Riva, Am* pezzo etc., which had been relinquished to him by the Venetian Republic, He established two bodies of counsellors at Innsbruck, thereby raising the educational standard of the place, and here he built the new palace, first using it as a residence

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Geography, Travel guides

Year:

1855

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Physical description: XII, 573 S. : Kt.. - 7. ed., corr. and enlarged

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Subject heading: g.Süddeutschland ; z.Geschichte 1855 ; f.Führer

below him. The scenery during the descent is lovely. “ From Salò (Inn: The Gambero) a carriage-road ascends the lake as far as Gargnano, where a traveller may take the steamboat to Riva: but the high walls, of the vineyards among which it passes, interfere with the enjoyment of the scenery." (See Rte. 218.) passes by the villages of Trenibeloiii and Pozzachio, rising to the pass of the Fuga/.ze, the highest point, which attains an elevation of 4560 ft. front which it descends into the Valle

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Geography, Travel guides

Year:

1855

Page 322 of 598

Physical description: XII, 573 S. : Kt.. - 7. ed., corr. and enlarged

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Subject heading: g.Süddeutschland ; z.Geschichte 1855 ; f.Führer

Spingen branches off, continuing north wards by the side of the lake of Riva. (See Handbook for Switzerland). ' Colico the route of the Stelvio its the lake. It traverses on a raised causeway the flat alluvial tract formed bv the deposit of the Adda in the course of ages, and still partly in the state of a morass—the whole evidently an en croachment on the lake ; and, turning to the K., enters the Valteline (Val Tellina: Germ. Veltlin) or valley of the Adda. It passes on the 1. the ruined hill-fort

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Geography, Travel guides

Year:

1855

Page 342 of 598

Physical description: XII, 573 S. : Kt.. - 7. ed., corr. and enlarged

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Subject heading: g.Süddeutschland ; z.Geschichte 1855 ; f.Führer

Town Council Office, Its tower has the appearance of a light house more than a fortification, The principal Ch., San Marco, was built in the loth centy. The Ch. of San Tomaso, now turned into a ware house, is said to have been in existence in 1300, in which case it may deserve the attention of the architect. A road goes hence to Riva, the port at the N. end of the Lago di Garda, and a beautiful spot, (Rte. 218.) A road runs from Roveredo through the Valle dc’ Signori, and, by Bellio and Main

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Year:

[1878]

Botzen and its Neighbourhood

Page 23 of 32

Author: / by [B.] G.

Place: Botzen

Publisher: Hotel Kaiserkrone

Physical description: 24 S.

Predazzo an Omnibus daily each way at 8 am. Predano . St. Martino Primiero . 6.0 am. 2.0 pm. 6.0 Primiero . St. Martino Predazzo . 6.0 am 9.0 „ 6.0 pm Mondays, WeduesdayE and Fri day s only. Lake Garda* OMKIBUSES — Leave Trent for Riva at 9 am. ; and Riva for Trent at 8 ano. 6% hours each way. Fare 2 FI. From Mori to Riva at 7. am,, 9.30 am., 7. pm. and from Riva to Mori at 4. am., 4. pm. 5.40 pm. 3 hrs. 35 min. each way. Fare 90 Ere. STEAMERS. 4.05pm, 7.50 „ Fare 4 Lires 50 Cents. On Tuesdays thè

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Geography, Travel guides

Year:

1896

Through the Dolomites from Venice to Toblach

Page 274 of 306

Author: Robertson, Alexander / Alexander Robertson

Physical description: XII, 264 S. : Ill.

Publisher: Allen

Subject heading: g.Dolomiten;f.Führer

Location mark: I 226.632

Intern ID: 388298

242 A NNO UNCEMENTS— VENICE VENICE. Hotel Pension Beau-Rivage. Situated on the Riva Schiavoni, opposite the Monument to Victor Emmanuel. Convenient for the Steamers for the Lido, Chioggia, and Railway Station. A newly done-up House, re commended to Visitors for its Splendid Position and Moderate Charges. Table d : H6te, 4 frs. ; Luncheon, 2 frs. 50 c. Special reduced rates for a prolonged stay in winter. Conducted by MME. A. ROSSINI. VENICE. CRAND HÖTEL VICTORIA. GOOD ACCOMMODATION. VERY

MODERATE PRICES. NEWLY DONE UP. VENICE. CASA KIRSCH, 4149 RIVA DEI SCHIAVONI 4149 FIRST-CLASS FAMILY PENSION. Terms, which include Room, Service, and Three Meals Daily, 6 to 8 Francs per Day. ENGLISH. GERMAN, FRENCH, AND ITALIAN SPOKEN. FREDERICK GLAUSEN (from Switzerland), Proprietor. VENICE. Hotel and Pension Aurora. RIVA DEGLI SCHIAVONI, GRAND CANAL. A quiet Family Pension, long and favourably known, kept by a German lady. Situated in the Finest and Healthiest Position, Splendid View, full South

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Geography, Travel guides

Year:

1874

¬The¬ valleys of Tyrol : their traditions and customs and how to visit them

Page 436 of 491

Author: Busk, Rachel Harriett / by R. H. Busk

Publisher: Longmans Green

Physical description: XXIX, 453 S. : Ill., Kt.

Subject heading: g.Tirol ; f.Reisebericht 1874

Location mark: II A-4.091

Intern ID: 155537

) divisimi is called the Sarcathal and reaches to thè Lago di Garda. Though no part of thè beautiful Italian Lake ac.tually belongs to Tirol the town of Riva overlooks it ; thè country round is most productive in wine, silk, lemons, figs, and other fruits. Its pleasant climate, the wärmest in all Tirol, is due not only to its southern latitude, but also to its being thè lowest land of the principality. Innsbruck is 1,820 feet above the sea-level, Riva but 220. Prona thè western division of Giudi cari

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Geography, Travel guides

Year:

[1901]

From the Lake of Constance, german: Bodensee, through the Vorarlberg to Tyrol and Salzburg

Page 30 of 42

Place: Innsbruck

Publisher: Edlinger

Physical description: 30, 2 S. : Ill., Kt.

Subject heading: g.Vorarlberg ; f.Führer ; <br />g.Tirol ; f.Führer ; <br />g.Salzburg <Land> ; f.Führer

Location mark: II A-36.072

Intern ID: 510710

upon a steep rofty hill stands a large ruin of the castle of Rreo uidià was bombarded arid destroyed by the French in UM. the health resort situated on lothbesides of the Sarca, possesses most lovely parks, many fine gardens, surronditig villas, hotels and pensions, and has gained great renown through the health-giving air and the many cures which have been effected. The whole journey from Trent to Siva takes about au hour and a half: from Hrco to Riva the road runs through red meadow-land

, a plain, in whidi like an island stands alone Monte Brio ne. Riva is the Tyrolese harbourtown on the north shore of the Garda £ahe (Cams Benacus). Far towards the south readies the deep blue water of this fine mountain lake the beauty of wkick has been described in all the languages of Europe. Lively with steamers, sailing, boats and the smaller rowing- boats slowly rocking on the rippling waves, on all sides surronded by steep mountains as it is, the slopes of ujfoidi arc green with olive-trees and

Books

Year:

[ca. 1850]

Views in the Tyrol

Page 108 of 121

Author: Allom, Thomas ; Tombleson, William ; Isser, Johanna ¬von¬ ; Hormayr, Joseph ¬von¬ / from drawings by T. Allom, after original sketches by Johanna v. Isser, geb. Grossrubatscher, with letterpress descriptions, by a companion of Hofer

Physical description: 72 S. : 46 Stahlst., Kt.

Publisher: Tomleson