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.

It is a travel guide. Both the authors were members of the Geological Society of London and so the book contains not only the travel description in the form of letters to friends at home but also about the geology. Excursion through Tyrol Carinthia Carniola and Friuli in 1861 1862 and 1863 with a Geological chapter. Among the dolomite castles this must stand preeminent for size situation and history. It rivals in romantic position the castle in Calabria or the monastery of Meleora in Greece. It was one of the most beautiful drives I have seen. The plain between the two chains of mountains is elevated on the side where it meets the Carinthian mountains above the valley of the Save and is rich in pasture with clums or hedgerows of trees walnuts ash elms chestnuts limes and beeches. Despite their uncharted and isolated topography the Dolomites emerged progressively as a cultural landscape intimately connected to the cosmopolitan aura of Venice. Configuring the real dolomite landscape as if Titian had painted it faithfully.