Brusio Attractions
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The commune of Brusio (alt. 740m/2,428ft: pop. 1,340), which takes in the seven villages between the Lago di Poschiavo and the Italian frontier, is an area of lush southern vegetation. The principal village is dominated by the towers of its 17th C. church.
The road continues through tobacco plantations and forests of chesnut-trees to Campascio (630 m/2,067ft) and Campocologno (553 m/1,814ft), the last place in Switzerland (customs), with the Brusio power station (33,000 kW).
From the Swiss-Italian frontier crossing at Piatta Mala the road leads into the Valtellina. The Village of Madonna di Tirano (438 m/1,437ft) has a famous pilgrimage church (1503-33). The road now forks: to the right it runs down the Valtellina and continues via Sondrio and around Lake Como to Lugano (120km/ 75mi); the road to the left runs up the valley to the old town of Tirano (429 m/1,408ft: pop. 8,000), straddling the River Adda, with old patrician houses of the 15th-17th C.
The road continues through tobacco plantations and forests of chesnut-trees to Campascio (630 m/2,067ft) and Campocologno (553 m/1,814ft), the last place in Switzerland (customs), with the Brusio power station (33,000 kW).
From the Swiss-Italian frontier crossing at Piatta Mala the road leads into the Valtellina. The Village of Madonna di Tirano (438 m/1,437ft) has a famous pilgrimage church (1503-33). The road now forks: to the right it runs down the Valtellina and continues via Sondrio and around Lake Como to Lugano (120km/ 75mi); the road to the left runs up the valley to the old town of Tirano (429 m/1,408ft: pop. 8,000), straddling the River Adda, with old patrician houses of the 15th-17th C.
