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Wine has been important for the local economy throughout centuries. The protected area includes villages, individual buildings, roads, and footpaths. [10] Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes* Grisons 2008 1276; ii, iv (cultural) The Albula and Bernina lines of the Rhaetian Railway are two historic railway lines that cross the ...
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps are a series of prehistoric pile dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps built from about 5000 to 500 BC on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands.
Livigno Alps: Gleckstein Hut: Swiss Alpine Club: Bernese Alps: Gnifetti Hut: Club Alpino Italiano: Pennine Alps: Gonella Hut: Club Alpino Italiano: Mont Blanc massif: Goûter Refuge: Club alpin français Ville de Saint-Gervais-les-Bains: Mont Blanc massif: Grand Mountet Hut: Swiss Alpine Club: Pennine Alps: Grands Mulets Hut: Club alpin ...
The pile-dwelling sites were built from around 5000 BC to 500 BC. Contrary to popular belief, the settlements were not erected over water, but on nearby marshy land, among them on the Seedamm respectively Frauenwinkel area, or, on the then swamp land between the Limmat and Lake Zurich around Sechseläutenplatz on small islands and peninsulas in Zurich.
San Bernardino is a mountainous village in the canton of Grisons in Switzerland. It is the southern entry point to the San Bernardino tunnel, which complemented the road over the San Bernardino Pass in 1967, opening a new all-year-round road to crossing the Alps. The village is part of the municipality of Mesocco.
Cycling fans will likely have heard of this village’s famous neighbor Alpe d’Huez from the legendary tales of Tour de France riders battling up the 21 hairpins to the stage finish in the town.
Grindelwald is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Berne.In addition to the village of Grindelwald, the municipality also includes the settlements of Alpiglen, Burglauenen, Grund, Itramen, Mühlebach, Schwendi, Tschingelberg and Wargistal.
Lumnezia is a valley region and a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss of canton of Graubünden.The former municipalities of Cumbel, Degen, Lumbrein, Morissen, Suraua, Vignogn, Vella, and Vrin merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Lumnezia. [3]