20. Lenzerheide to Savognin
5 points of interest
Église Ste Marie CulturalChurch of St. Mary
The church is first mentioned in 831. The walls of the nave date from this period.
Église St Pierre CulturalSt. Peter's Church of Mistail
St. Peter's Church in Mistail is the only Carolingian church with three intact sides in Switzerland. According to a letter of 823, it was probably built around the year 800. The now defunct monastery was first mentioned in a deed of donation by Henry I in 926.
Tiefencastel HistoricalTiefencastel
Tiefencastel is situated on a crossroads of valleys that have always been used to cross the Alps via the Julier and especially the Septimer passes. It is therefore not surprising to have found traces of a Bronze Age settlement, a pre-Christian presence and Roman occupation. In the early Middle Ages, Tiefencastel was a fortified town and a customs post.
Église St Côme et Damien CulturalÉglise St. Cosmas et Damian
The first documentary mention of the former parish church comes from an episcopal property register dating from the 1290's. Due to the structural characteristics, a building from the 1st millennium cannot be excluded. The church was reconsecrated in 1351.
Salouf HistoricalSalouf, Baselgia San Gieri
Mountain church in Salouf. The presence of man dates back to the Bronze Age around 2100 B.C. on a hill visible from afar, on the north side of the present village. Remains of Roman settlements dating from the 1st century AD have also been documented. In the Middle Ages there was probably a Rhaeto-Roman settlement near the present hamlet of Del. Towards the end of the 13th century, when the first German-speaking Walser settled in the valley, they settled there as did the Walser, mainly in the upper half of the valley and the side valleys.
Description
From the church, join the main road and cross the station southwards to a car park and a wood on the right side of the axis:
- Turn right (Clavadoiras) and follow the road on the track below in the meadows. The itinerary goes up on the road for a while at a chapel and up to a car park in the forest before Lantsch.
- Turn right and left at the end of the parking lot. The marked trail joins the western edge of Lantsch, enters (Crapausa and Bot) to the church and exits to the south (Surnvoi and in the Sot Pardi axis). Shortly afterwards, the path descends steeply into the valley between cliffs to reach Alvaschein after three important bends to lose altitude. Cross the village (Veia Nivagi) to reach the main road (Hauptstrasse), turn right and take the first street on the left (fountain and red and white signs). The route followed N°33 Via Albula/Bernina and N°64 Via Sett leads to the bottom of the Albula Valley in Tiefencastel reached by road N°417 (pavement).
- Cross the bridge on the right, go up towards the church (Julierstrasse) and take the first street on the right (Kirchestrasse). Continue in the axis (Monserstrasse) to cross a stream. After the rocks behind the bridge, turn left into path N°64 which climbs into the mountain pastures and its hamlets (Mon, Del and Salouf).
- In Salouf, leave signposting N°64 which rises in the mountain pastures at 1350m but regularly descend towards the valley by road N°712.17 (Cunterstrasse) to the bridge before Cunter.
- After the bridge, turn right, follow the Gelgia river and find route N°64 on a footbridge.
- After this footbridge, take the first path to the left and then to the right, which overlooks the Lai Barnagn lake and arrives on the Veia Sandeilas which leads to the Son Mitgel church.
- Departure : Church of San Carlo, Plaz Baselgia, 7078 Lenzerheide
- Arrival : Church Son Mitgel, Stradung, 7460 Savognin
- Towns crossed : Graubünden
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