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    The ruins of the former Splügen Castle (German: Burg Splügen) lie east of the village of Splügen in the Rheinwald forest in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...
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    This list includes castles and fortresses in Switzerland. Entries list the name and location of the castle, fortress or ruins in each Canton in Switzerland...
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    Elevated entrance (category Castle architecture)
    Castle, India Jörgenberg Castle, Germany Scherenburg Castle, Germany Splügen Castle, Switzerland The bergfried of Jörgenberg Castle with its elevated entrance...
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    The castle was built on a rock wall that rises 250 m (820 ft) above the Viamala river and the important roads over the San Bernardino and Splügen Passes...
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    forcing traffic from the Septimer, Splügen and San Bernardino Passes to pass through the customs post in the lower castle. The von Juvalt family first appears...
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    east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley, up to the Splügen Pass at the Alpine divide, and down the Liro River to Lake Como in the...
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    three main Alpine passes: the Splügen Pass, the San Bernardino Pass and the Julier Pass. To control this route, castles were built, making the Domleschg...
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    to Splügen, where it turns south to Splügen Pass, a historically important transit route to Italy. Nowadays there is no traffic across the Splügen pass...
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    Oberland, Ortstein at the entrance to the Domleschgs valley, and even one in Splügen. The two most important representatives of the dynasty were Walter IV and...
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    diligently, and in the winter of 1800–01, he was ordered to march over the Splügen Pass at the head of the Army of the Grisons. This achievement is described...
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    the Roman armies on their way through to the province of Raetia and the Splügen pass. Troops wintered at the foot of the present Villa Serbelloni, sheltered...
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    in eastern Switzerland according to geologist Stefan Schmid, near the Splügen Pass. The highest peaks of the Western Alps and Eastern Alps, respectively...
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    is still in a very good historical condition as this connection across Splügen Pass lost its importance after the opening of rail tunnels crossing the...
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  • the Rhine. At the same time, it points to the fork in the paths to the Splügen and Bernhardin, the Lukmanier and Oberalp passes and thus characterizes...
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    Clavenna: the itineraries demonstrate that the route up the Valle Spluga to Splügen Pass was frequented in ancient times; as well as another, which separated...
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    the Lombard Alps and which connect the region with Switzerland are the Splügen Pass (2,118 m (6,949 ft)), the Maloja Pass (1,815 m (5,955 ft)) and the...
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    on through Germany all the way to Italy, which he entered via the Alps' Splügen Pass. Accompanied by an old friend, the poet Antoni Edward Odyniec, he...
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    interest, Lake Como from where they began their crossing of the Alps via the Splügen Pass. They then passed on to Zürich, Reichenau, Wettingen, Schaffhausen...
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    road crossed the region from south to north, traversing the Alps by the Splügen Pass and, following the right bank of the Rhine at the edge of the floodplain...
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    first mentioned in 1208 as Anders. Around 1820, roads were built over the Splügen Pass and the San Bernardino Pass. When the railroad tunnels through the...
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    was a transit area on the route from Chur to the Alpine passes of the Splügen and San Bernardino. Today, transport arteries exist on both sides of the...
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    meeting-point of the routes from Italy over many alpine passes (Lukmanier Pass, Splugen Pass, and San Bernardino Pass), as well as from the Engadine (Albula Pass...
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    transit route of the "Lower Road" leads from Chur via the Schams valley to Splügen Pass and San Bernardino Pass. Today the highway A13 follows this route...
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    mid-15th century. Aerial view of the castle Castle plan Castle walls Main tower and bell tower View from the castle toward Mesocco and the Church of S....
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    mountain cannons. The rest of Suvorov's artillery was sent across the Splügen Pass. Masséna learned from a spy that Korsakov planned to attack him on...
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  • 1046 Vadrec del Forno Stampa GR 1057 Tambogletscher Medels im Rheinwald, Splügen GR 1061 Paradiesgletscher Hinterrhein GR 1063 Canal Gletscher Vals GR 1066...
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    "Archeologia industriale in Lombardia - Scheda Nr.389 -Fabbrica di Birra Splugen - Poretti". Retrieved 11 September 2014. Macchione 1998, pp. 157–159. sfn...
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  • Weiss Kreuz Oberdorf 66, Splügen 744.449 157.551 46°33′13″N 9°19′21″E / 46.553638°N 9.322377°E / 46.553638; 9.322377 Unknown ISOS Village: Splügen...
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