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The Val Vignun is an alpine 
The mighty rock ''Motta Caslasc'' rises to a height of 2300 m in the middle of the valley, between two alluvial plains. The rocky knoll has dimensions of approximately 100 by 60 meters. At the northern and southern edges of the plateau, terraces are found that were probably artificially created. A feudal castle can be ruled out, on the grounds of the high altitude. Perhaps this was high-altitude settlement from an indefinite period, used for defense or escape. Remains of walls have not been identified.
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File: Val Vignun Aufstieg.jpg , Path ascending into the Val Vignun, on the left the
hikr.org (Italian)
The Val Vignun is an alpine valley
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in the Swiss
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Canton of Graubünden. It also forms a connection between the Misox
The ''Valle Mesolcina'', also known as the ''Val Mesolcina'' or ''Misox'' (German), is an alpine valley of the Grisons, Switzerland, stretching from the San Bernardino Pass to Grono where it joins the Calanca Valley. It is the valley formed by ...
valley and the Rheinwald
The Rheinwald (from Latin ''Rheni vallis'' meaning "Rhine Valley"; Romansh: ''Valrain'') is a valley in the Canton of Grisons in Switzerland, the first section of the Hinterrhein valley. The river Hinterrhein flows through three valleys in the G ...
valley, parallel to the San Bernardino Pass
San Bernardino Pass ( it, Passo del San Bernardino, german: Bernhardinpass, ) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the Hinterrhein and the Mesolcina (Misox) valleys between Thusis (canton of Graubünden) and Bellinzona ( canton ...
.
Val Vignun stretches in a northeasterly direction from San Bernardino
San Bernardino (; Spanish language, Spanish for Bernardino of Siena, "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a ...
towards the Val Curciusa
The Val Curciusa is an alpine valley in Graubünden, Switzerland. In the region of the San Bernardino Pass, it provides a connection between the Rheinwald valley and the Misox valley.
Location
Val Curciusa leads south from Nufenen in the dire ...
, which is a side valley of the Rheinwald
The Rheinwald (from Latin ''Rheni vallis'' meaning "Rhine Valley"; Romansh: ''Valrain'') is a valley in the Canton of Grisons in Switzerland, the first section of the Hinterrhein valley. The river Hinterrhein flows through three valleys in the G ...
. It is about 5 kilometers long and is drained by the Ri de Fontanalba, which flows into the Moesa
The Moesa is a river, a tributary of the Ticino, which flows through the Swiss cantons of Graubünden and Ticino.
It rises in Val Vignun near the San Bernardino Pass and descends, along with the A13 motorway, through the Val Mesolcina towards ...
near San Bernardino.
A well-marked trail leads from the village of San Bernardino in several stages to the Alpine hut ''Cassina de Vignun'' (), where the real Alpine valley begins. The valley rises evenly to the pass of'' Strec de Vignun'' (), where it connects to the Val Curciusa. The European Watershed runs across the Strec de Vignun pass.
The mighty rock ''Motta Caslasc'' rises to a height of 2300 m in the middle of the valley, between two alluvial plains. The rocky knoll has dimensions of approximately 100 by 60 meters. At the northern and southern edges of the plateau, terraces are found that were probably artificially created. A feudal castle can be ruled out, on the grounds of the high altitude. Perhaps this was high-altitude settlement from an indefinite period, used for defense or escape. Remains of walls have not been identified.
The Piz Uccello
Piz Uccello is a mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summi ...
lies north of the valley and can be reached using a marked mountain path. To the south lies the ''Piz de la Lumbreida''. Apart from several alpine huts, and possibly the ''Motta Caslasc'', the valley has not been developed. Because of its exceptional beauty, the area of the San Bernardino Pass and Val Vignun as a landscape is considered of national importance./ref>
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Piz Uccello
Piz Uccello is a mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summi ...
File: Val Vignun Cassina.jpg , ''Cassina de Vignun''
File: Val Vignun Pian Grand.jpg , ''Pian Grand''
File: Val Vignun Motta Caslasc Terrasse.jpg , Terrace on the ''Motta Caslasc''
File: Vignun Marmor.jpg , Marble block
File: Ri Fontanalba Quellgebiet.jpg , Origin of the Ri Fontanalba
External links
hikr.org (Italian)
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