Rora
“Watching from the second floor of Hector's home where Angela had moved their belongings to be out of the path of new arrivals, he estimated the refugees at two hundred men, women, and children. Most had fled with what little they could carry. Their pale, haggard faces and bloodied feet testified to what suffering they had endured to reach this place.
The Alpine peaks, even in summer, were unforgiving. The calcite cliffs could easily slice through shoes and even boots. And the huge slopes al...lowed no place to bind the bleeding, which resulted in long bloody paths that ascended from view, the remains of those who struggled across the crest. The mountain had no allies, and past wars recorded more men killed by the cliffs themselves, caught in a sudden storm or darkness or avalanche, than by cannons and bullets.
In 1554 an entire battalion of French pike-men, intent on destroying the Waldenses, became lost on the face of the Castelluzo and were almost entirely destroyed before daybreak.MoreLess
The Alpine peaks, even in summer, were unforgiving. The calcite cliffs could easily slice through shoes and even boots. And the huge slopes al...lowed no place to bind the bleeding, which resulted in long bloody paths that ascended from view, the remains of those who struggled across the crest. The mountain had no allies, and past wars recorded more men killed by the cliffs themselves, caught in a sudden storm or darkness or avalanche, than by cannons and bullets.
In 1554 an entire battalion of French pike-men, intent on destroying the Waldenses, became lost on the face of the Castelluzo and were almost entirely destroyed before daybreak.MoreLess
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