¬The¬ Dolomite Mountains : excursions through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola, & Friuli in 1861, 1862, & 1863 ; with a geological chapter and pictorial illustrations from original drawings on the spot
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Autor:
Gilbert, Josiah ; Churchill, George C. / by Josiah Gilbert, and G. C. Churchill
Ort:
London
Verlag:
Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green
Umfang:
XX, 576 S. : Ill., Kt.
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort:
g.Dolomiten ; f.Reisebericht 1861-1863
Signatur:
II A-4.101
Intern-ID:
134614
centre of Gamia, elliptic in form, and shut in on all sides by high mountains. The river Lumiei escapes from it through a long narro w gorge into the Canal Socchieve at Ampezzo— not to be confounded with thè Ampezzo of the Piave district. A track accompanies the stream through the gorge; day for tbe most pari of fhe year, either from freshets, avalanches, or falls of rock from tbe mountains, is impassable. The usuai path—a mulc-track only—leads over Monte Pura,, nearlv 4,800 feet above the sea
, to Ampezzo, which is 1,860 feet above that level. The inhabitants of tbe valley live in four villages, all occupying an alp on tbe south slope of the Morghendleit, the highest, Sauris di Sopra, being Trat 300 feet lower than tbe summit of the Monte Pura ridge. They are G ermans, isolated from their neighbours, and distinguished by their greater cleanliness and thriftincss—qualities very apparent on entering .Cima and Sappada, north of Sauris, two other isolated German Settlements in Gamia. In thè Ampezzo
