Goms, Three Alpine Passes, Tithings and Valais
28 December 2023
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The Rhine Gorge or the Ruinaulta
15 December 2023
The Rhine Gorge, Rheinschlucht in German or Ruinaulta in Romansh, is a 400-metre-deep and 13-kilometre-long gorge in Graubünden. It dates back to the great landslide of Flims, the so-called Filmserstein-Bergstürz, which took place about 9500 years ago. Since 1977, the Rhine Gorge has been listed in the Federal Inventory of Landscapes and Natural Monuments of … Read more » “The Rhine Gorge or the Ruinaulta”
The Glacier Garden Cavaglia
7 December 2023
During the last ice age, about 11,000 years ago, the Palü glacier of the Pru Valley formed Vent the Cavaglia Plain (Piana di Cavaglia) in Valposchiavo (Italian-speaking part of the canton of Graubünden). The melting of the glacier was accompanied by erosion due to the force of the meltwater and the rocks, sand masses and … Read more » “The Glacier Garden Cavaglia”