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At last all that remained to the Vaudois were only three valleys at the foot of Monte Viso; and if we examine their structure, we will find them arranged with special reference to the war the Church was here called to wage. The three valleys are the Val Martino, the Val Angrona, and the Val Lucerna. Nothing could be simpler than their arrangement; at the same time, nothing could be stronger.
Even when fighting for existence, they recognised their obligations as a missionary Church, and strove to diffuse over the surrounding countries the light that burned amid their own mountains. Who has not heard of the Pra de la Torre, in the valley of Angrona?
The three valleys spread out like a fan, radiating, as it were, from the same point, and stretching away in a winding vista of vineyards, meadows, chestnut groves, dark gorges, and foaming torrents, to the very summits and glaciers of the Alps. Nearly at the point of junction of the Val Angrona and the Val Lucerna stands La Tour, the capital of the valleys.
It seemed to say, "Come and see." Journey to "Valleys" Dinner at Pignerolo Grandeur of Scenery Associations Bicherasio Procession of Santissimo Connection betwixt the History and the Country of the Vaudois The Three Valleys of Martino, Angrona, and Lucerna Their Arrangement Strength Fertility La Tour The Castelluzzo Scenery of the Val Lucerna The Manna of the Waldenses Populousness of the Valleys Variety of Productions The Roman Flood and the Vaudois Ark.
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