San Bernardino Pass Attractions
Height of pass: 2,065 m/6,775ft.
The San Bernardino pass is the highest point on the San Bernardino road, a very convenient link between Lake Constance and Ticino. From Thusis onwards it is now mostly of expressway standard, and since the construction of the San Bernardino tunnel (1961-67) it has been the fastest all-year-round route from Lake Constance through eastern Switzerland to northern Italy. From Chur the road follows the Rhine and Hinterrhein valleys to Thusis, and from there takes a new line by way of the famous Via Mala to Splügen (bypass).
The San Bernardino pass is the highest point on the San Bernardino road, a very convenient link between Lake Constance and Ticino. From Thusis onwards it is now mostly of expressway standard, and since the construction of the San Bernardino tunnel (1961-67) it has been the fastest all-year-round route from Lake Constance through eastern Switzerland to northern Italy. From Chur the road follows the Rhine and Hinterrhein valleys to Thusis, and from there takes a new line by way of the famous Via Mala to Splügen (bypass).
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Mesocco - Castello (ancestral castle)
Below Mesocco the road passes under a crag crowned by the ruined Castello di Misox (748 m/2,453ft), the ancestral castle of the Counts Sax von Misox, which was purchased by the Trivulzi family of Milan in 1483, destroyed by the people of Grisons in 1526 and restored by Swiss students in 1922- 26 (magnificent view of the deep trough of the Val Mesocco).
Mesocco, Misoxer Tal (valley)
Mesocco or Misox (769 m/2,525ft; pop. 1,500), formerly known as Cremeo, is a village of fine stone houses, the chief place in the Val Mesocco or Mesolcina (Misoxer Tal), and, like the Val Calanca which runs parallel to it on the west, belongs to the canton of Grisons but is inhabited by an Italian-speaking and Roman Catholic population. The two valleys together are known as the Moèsano (from the River Moèsa which flows down the Val Mesocco).
Mesocco - Santa Maria del Castello Church
At the foot of the hill on which the Mesocco castle stands is the 12th C. church of Santa Maria del Castello, with 15th C. wall-paintings. Further down the valley is Soazza (bypass), where the expressway comes to an end.
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