Tyrolese Architecture 
AT VILLANDERS 
TYROL 
of vassals and 
peasants soon 
gathered round it, 
and straggled on 
each side along 
the highway or 
half-hid the m- 
selves in ravines 
above, where 
mountain tor¬ 
rents tumbled 
toward the bed of 
the valley, turn¬ 
ing mill wheels 
on their way, 
pressed into many 
services devised 
by the ingenious 
Tvroler, now led 
to a fountain in 
the cottage gar¬ 
den, now cleverly geared to rock a baby’s 
cradle. 
The isolation 
ot the castle be¬ 
came irksome, 
when violence 
ceased for a time, 
and the difficul¬ 
ties of getting 
supplies and pro¬ 
visions to the 
steep heights 
were keenly felt. 
Moreover, the 
life of the vil¬ 
lage became at¬ 
tractive to the 
lord himself, and 
its little gayeties 
and the stream 
of passers-by ab¬ 
sorbed his family 
and servants. So 
long as there was peace in the neighborhood, 
the castle was abandoned as a living-place, and 
DESCENT TO THE VILLAGE OF SPITZ 
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