Due to the protestant
religion deeply
rooted in the valley, since long time ago foreign protestant country
spent a lot of attention to this area. Many relevant people were sent
form Kings and governments to support the inhabitants of the valleys.
These
“early-tourists”, in addition to the main purpose of their travels,
frequently wrote books enriched by beautiful engravings. So, today we
can enjoy images of villages and landscapes as they were a couple of
centuries ago before photos were invented.
When postcards were
invented also a number of them were produced and nowadays they preserve
the memory of the village and its surrounding as it was many decades
ago.
In this section I try to collect some meaningful examples.
Praly. Val St. Martin
London, Published for the Proprietors, by Geo Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane 1837
W. H. Bartlett, G. K. Richardson.
The Balsille
(With Col de Guinevert, and Col del Pis)
London, Published for the Proprietors, by Geo Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane 1837
W. Borckedon, W. R. Smith
Prali
Published March 1831 C.Tilt 86, Fleet Street, London
Hugh Dike Acland, Edw. Finden
Maneille in the val Germanasca.
Stampa.
London, Published for the Proprietors, by Geo Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane 1837
W. Borckedon, J. T. Willmore
Praly. Picture from the 1930s
The
buiding standing at the centre is the start of the
Envie
cableway which was used to bring the talc down form the mines.
Praly Ghigou.
Postcard dated 1940.
Hotel Malzat.
Post card from the 1960s.
