from ALLE PORTE D'ITALIA, a book by the famous italian writer
Edmondo De Amicis (1884)
The Waldensian Thermopylae:The Toumpi Saquèt
«...Moving ahead, past a beautiful cascade, called Gog nie, you can see deep
pools carved out by the waters. Called tompi by the locals, they are quiet, clear
waters, several meters deep, so tranquil as to be able to reflect a flower in its
depths. They seem like tubs crafted for giants, each with its own name, many with
tales of folklore.
One of the deepest of the pools, Tompi Saquet, is so called because a leader in De
Capitaneis' army, Saquet of Polonghera, drowned there in 1488, shortly after the
Waldensians in the Angrogna Valley had sworn to take the lives of persecutors
that would fall into their hands. ...»
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