Saint-Moritz (in German Sankt-Moritz and in Romanche San Murezzan ) is a common Suisse of the canton of the Grisons located in the district of Majola (rm. Maloggia )
Saint-Moritz is a winter sports resort considered, one of oldest of the world since 1864.
Geography
Saint-Moritz is located in the Engadine, at the edge of the Inn. The commune also gathers the localities of Suvretta and Champfèr (of which a part is however on the commune of Silvaplana).The station is divided into two parts: Saint-Moritz-Dorf (1822 meters of altitude), the village itself, gathered around a tilted tower (bell-tower of the Saint-Mauritius church) and Saint-Moritz-Bad (1774 meters of altitude), with the mouth of Inn in the lake, where the most recent hotels and the hydropathic establishments are.
By the position which it occupies, the station of Saint-Moritz is a crossroads of Swiss and international tourist routes. It is spread out in step above its lake.
The skiables fields of Piz Corvatsch (3303 m of altitude) and of Piz Nair (3057 m of altitude) overhang the station.
The communal territory culminates in Piz Güglia/Julier (3380 m of altitude).
History
The thermal springs were vraisemblalement known with the Bronze Age.The church of Saint-Moritz is mentioned for the first time in an official document in 1139.
Saint-Moritz was the first commune of Switzerland to be lit with the electric light (1878). It was also the first to inaugurate a ski-lift (1935).
Economy
- Air Engiadina, based on the aerodrome of Saint-Moritz-Samedan
Gastronomy
- Restaurant " Jöhri' S Talvo" in Saint-Moritz/Champfèr
Transport
- Railway line of the rhetic Railroads Coire - Saint-Moritz
- Bernina Express train railway line of the rhetic Railroads Saint-Moritz Tirano
- Railway line of the rhetic Railroads Saint-Moritz Scuol
- Glacier Express train, circulating between Saint-Moritz and Zermatt
- Aerodrome with Samedan
Demonstrations
- Festival Snow and Symphony
- Festival Art and Symphony
- Festival of opera
- Marathon of Engadine (ski touring)
- Cartier Sports shirt World Cup
- Biddings of jewelry organized by Sotheby' S and Christie' S
Personalities
- Giovanni Segantini, painter
- Peter Robert Berry, doctor and painter known for his paintings of the collars of Julier and Bernina
Regular hosts of the station
- Herbert von Karajan, leader
- Elisabeth Mann-Borgese, girl of Thomas Mann
- Juan Carlos
Sports
- Saint-Moritz is the cradle of the skeleton and the bobsleigh, in particular thanks to its track Cresta Run.
Curiosities
- Museum of Engadine, gives an outline of traditional lifestyle of Engadine
- Musée Segantini
- Musée Berry located in the old Villa Arona
Olympic Games
External bonds
- Champfèr in the historical Dictionary of Switzerland
- the Highone in the historical Dictionary of Switzerland
- Official site
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