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Geologic Formation Attractions In Canton of Graubunden

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The canton of Grisons, or canton of Graubünden is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. It has international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. Its German name, Graubünden, translates as the Grey Leagues, referring to the canton's origin in three local alliances, the League of God's House, the Grey League, and the League of the Ten Jurisdictions. Grisons is also home to three of Switzerland's ethnic groups, whose spoken languages—Swiss German, Italian and Romansh—are all native to the canton. It is the only officially trilingual canton and the only canton where the Romansh language has official status.
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Geologic Formation Attractions In Canton of Graubunden

  • 1. Cavaglia Glacier Garden Poschiavo
    Cavaglia is a station on the Bernina Railway line, in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. Hourly services operate on this line. A popular tourist destination near this stop are a series of pot holes .
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  • 3. Viamala Canton Of Graubunden
    Viamala or Via Mala is an ancient and notorious section of a path along the river Hinterrhein between Zillis-Reischen and Thusis in the Canton of Graubünden. This narrow gorge was the most serious obstacle on the approach to two mountain passes: the Splügen and the San Bernardino.
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  • 5. Bernina Pass Poschiavo
    The Bernina railway is a single-track 1,000 mm metre gauge railway line forming part of the Rhaetian Railway . It links the spa resort of St. Moritz, in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, with the town of Tirano, in the Province of Sondrio, Italy, via the Bernina Pass. Reaching a height of 2,253 metres above sea level, it is the highest railway crossing in Europe and the third highest railway in Switzerland. It also ranks as the highest adhesion railway of the continent, and – with inclines of up to 7% – as one of the steepest adhesion railways in the world. The height difference on the section between the Bernina Pass and Tirano is 1,824 m , allowing passengers to see glaciers and palm trees on the same line. On 7 July 2008, the Bernina Railway and the Albula Railway, which also ...
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