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Montespluga Village

Name: Montespluga Village
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Location: Madesimo, Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy

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1. Rofla Gorge – Sufnersee loop from Rothenbrunnen

150km

11:13

3,620m

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2. View of Lake Mezzola – View of Lake Mezzola loop from Steina

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09:15

2,800m

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3. Montespluga Village – Belvedere Garden Viewpoint loop from Ca' di Goss

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04:26

1,580m

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Paul

August 16, 2024

Montespluga SO
The mountain village of Montespluga is located at an altitude of 1908 m above sea level at the beginning of the Val San Giacomo (also called Valle Spluga) about three kilometers from the top of the Splügen Pass. The village was built in a depression rich in water and pastures where the Valle Spluga meets the Val Loga, near the border peaks of the area such as the Pizzo Tambo. In 1927, with the construction of the dam wall located about 2 kilometers south of Montespluga, the Torrente Liro was dammed to form the Lago di Montespluga below the village.
The village with the few houses, restaurants, hotels and shops on the pass road and the old customs building "La Casa" has hardly changed. Until 1841, the only hospice on the Splügen Pass and the only place of worship, the Chapel of San Francesco d'Assisi, were located here. The latter was consecrated in 1832 after the completion of the new road to the Splügen Pass in 1822. As early as 1767, the apostolic nuncio in Switzerland and later cardinal Luigi Valenti Gonzaga had given permission to set up a small chapel in the hospice.
Since the opening of the San Bernardino Tunnel, the pass has no longer been kept open in winter. The village, which consists of three roads (Via Dogana, Via Ferrè and Via Val Loga), can be cut off from both Italy and Switzerland.
Montespluga is the starting point for numerous hiking, mountaineering and ski touring destinations in the surrounding mountains and a stop on the cross-border long-distance hiking trail Via Spluga.
Text / Source: wikipedia.org
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steffend

June 3, 2018

various restaurants invite you to strengthen. The bottom of the lake has a reasonable price compared to the ones on the street (which are not bad either)

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Location: Madesimo, Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy

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Montespluga Village

1. Rofla Gorge – Sufnersee loop from Rothenbrunnen

2. View of Lake Mezzola – View of Lake Mezzola loop from Steina

3. Montespluga Village – Belvedere Garden Viewpoint loop from Ca' di Goss

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