An old carnival custom is still alive in Splügen on Ash Wednesday: "Pschuuri, Bschuri, Bschürälä, Bschuurrimittwucha" are expressions that can still be found in many Walser regions of Graubünden. They refer to the blackening of unmarried women and young people. In Splügen, the main village of the Rheinwald, this custom is still alive in its old form and is organised and celebrated by the young people.
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The Sogn Carlo Borromeo chapel is popularly known as Sogn Carli. It stands in a small clearing in the forest of the same name above Morissen. It is thought to have been built in the second half of the 17th century. Key available.
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The Devon House in Via dei Palazzi is the first stop on our tour. Built in 1863 according to the plans of the Italian architect Giovanni Sottovia (1827-1892) for Pietro Pozzi, an emigrant who became very wealthy as a confectioner in Porto, the house came into the possession of the Semadeni family in 1908, another emigrant family that ran a successful coffee house in Ilfracombe in the southwest English county of Devon.
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With a total of dissolved substances of 15,100 milligrams per litre, the Lucius spring is considered one of the most mineralised springs in Europe. Unfortunately, it has not been accessible for some time, but the mineral water still flows.
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