Val Poschiavo can be reached from the Upper Engadin valley in the north via Bernina Pass (Passo del Bernina) and from the Italiancomune of Livigno via Livigno Pass. In the south it stretches down to the village of Campocologno at the end of the valley, bordering directly on the Italian town of Tirano. Beneath Bernina Pass, the Val da Camp mountain valley leads up to Val Viola Pass in the northeast.
poschiavo, lombard, ciaf, german, puschlav, pronounced, pʊʃˈlaːf, valley, southern, italian, speaking, part, swiss, canton, graubünden, grisons, main, town, poschiavo, central, part, with, lago, poschiavogeography, edit, reached, from, upper, engadin, valley, . Val Poschiavo Lombard Pus ciaf German Puschlav pronounced pʊʃˈlaːf is a valley in the southern Italian speaking part of the Swiss canton of Graubunden Grisons The main town is Poschiavo Central part with Lago di PoschiavoGeography editVal Poschiavo can be reached from the Upper Engadin valley in the north via Bernina Pass Passo del Bernina and from the Italian comune of Livigno via Livigno Pass In the south it stretches down to the village of Campocologno at the end of the valley bordering directly on the Italian town of Tirano Beneath Bernina Pass the Val da Camp mountain valley leads up to Val Viola Pass in the northeast The valley is drained by the Poschiavino river flowing through Lago di Poschiavo Smaller lakes in its basin include Lago Bianco Lago di Saoseo and Lago di Val Viola From north to south the valley descends from an altitude of 2 300 m 7 500 ft to 550 m 1 800 ft passing through different altitudinal zones The surrounding mountains of the Bernina Range and the Livigno Alps include the Piz Palu 3 901 m 12 799 ft Piz Cambrena 3 606 m 11 831 ft Piz Varuna 3 453 m 11 329 ft and Piz Lagalb 2 959 m 9 708 ft nbsp Bernina Express train passing Lago Bianco near Ospizio Bernina station The metre gauge Bernina railway from Tirano over the Bernina Pass into the Engadine Pontresina and St Moritz region is the only rail link between Italy and eastern Switzerland A branch of the narrow gauge Rhaetian Railway it is the highest elevation adhesion railway route in Europe and together with the Albula Railway a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008 The two municipalities of Val Poschiavo Poschiavo and Brusio form Bernina District in the canton of Graubunden Villages and hamlets in the valley some bearing names in the local Lombard language include Miralago La Rasiga Campascio Zalende Viano Cavaione Campocologno Prada San Carlo Privilasco Sant Antonio Annunziata Pagnoncini Cantone Li Curt Sfazu Mureda Motta Cologna Cavaglia Pedecosta and Angeli Custodi External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Val di Poschiavo Val Poschiavo tourist office 46 18 32 N 10 3 41 E 46 30889 N 10 06139 E 46 30889 10 06139 nbsp This Graubunden location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Val Poschiavo amp oldid 1148437584, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
