From this ascend by 357 steps from floor of church to the gallery outside the lantern. A door about 80 steps up opens into the gallery round the interior of the octagonal dome, whence the church is well seen. The top of the lantern is 229½ ft. above the pavement of the church.
[ Turin: Views. Lamprede. Wines.]
The chief object for visiting the Superga is the splendid view from the outside gallery of the lantern. In one direction is the plain of Piedmont with the Po wandering across it; everywhere else the horizon is bounded by a vast chain of snowy Alps, with Monte Rosa on one side and Mont Blanc on the other.
Among the delicacies of Turin are the [lamprede], thin eels from 5 to 8 inches long, caught in the Po. They are killed by being plunged into milk. The white truffles are also celebrated, and when cooked “à la Piedmontese” or “à la fonduta,” and taken with a bottle of Asti wine, make most enjoyable dishes. [The vermouth of Turin] is an agreeable aperitive, and is taken before sitting down to table. The best wines of Piedmont are the Caluzo, a white wine; the Barolo, a dryish red wine with a taste of the soil; the Barbera, a strong red wine; and the Nebrolo. The Gressini are double baked bread in strips 18 inches long and a quarter of an inch thick. In the Italian houses a handful of them is put down to each cover at the dinner-table. They are made at very many places besides Turin; even at Cannes on the Riviera. A great deal of maccheroni (macaroni) is consumed in Italy. In Turin are important silk mills.
Turin to Cuneo, 54¾ m. S., by Cavallermaggiore (see [p. 153]). [Turin to Genoa], 103¼ m. S.E., by Asti, Alessandria, and Novi (see p. 279). [Turin to Savona], 91¼ m. S.E., by Carmagnola, Bra, Carru, and Ceva (see p. 183, and [map p. 27]). [Turin to Florence], 291 m. S.E., by Asti, Alessandria, Piacenza, Parma, Modena, Bologna, and Pistoja (see p. 309, and [map p. 199]).
THE WALDENSIAN VALLEYS
and the Passes between France and Italy.
[Northwest] See [map, page 291].
[West] For continuation of the French Waldensian Valleys see [map, page 326].
[ THE VALLEES VAUDOISES, OR
THE VALLEYS OF THE WALDENSES.]
(See accompanying [Map].)