    Sentence kt mm the north, the  snowcapped Alps and jagged pink  pinnacles of the Dolomites, the  gleaming Alpine-backed lakes of  Como, Garda, and Maggiore, the  fertile and industrial plain of the Po,  Stretching from Turin and Milan  Gcross to ancient Verona, the  Palladian-villa studded hills of  Vicenza, and the romantic canals of  Venice.    Sentence 2: The Alps are covered in  snow.    