Rifugio Comunale
The place
Rifugio Comunale ("Communal refuge") in the Val Poschiavo, Poschiavo/Brusio sector (Italian-speaking Grisons, Switzerland), at 1257 m elevation, a glacial valley south of the Bernina Pass. Continuous Italian-speaking Grisons/Val Poschiavo cluster (batches 220-336). Rifugio belonging to the municipality of Poschiavo (Poschiavo, the last Italian-speaking stronghold in Grisons, GR-IT, 3,500 inhabitants), an area with sweet chestnut groves in the valley (Castanea sativa elevation limit 1,200 m) and Bernina Express railway lines (RhB UNESCO World Heritage 2008 for its rail heritage, 7% gradient without a rack railway), and Retico-Romani heritage (a historic Italian-speaking people, the last stop before Valtellina, Italy).
The setting
Val Poschiavo, Poschiavo/Brusio, Italian-speaking Grisons, Switzerland, 1257 m, south of the Bernina Pass, continuous cluster batches 220-336, municipality of 3,500 inhabitants, last Italian-speaking area GR-IT, Castanea sativa elevation limit 1,200 m, RhB Bernina Express UNESCO World Heritage 2008, 7% gradient without rack railway, Retico-Romani, Italian-speaking, last stop before Valtellina.
