Tschanüff Castle
Tschanüff Castle is a ruined castle in the former municipality of Ramosch (now Valsot) of the Canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. History The Lords of Ramosch first appear in historical records in the 12th century. They were vassals of the Bishop of Chur and the Lords of Tarasp. The oldest part of the castle is the main tower, which was built as a bergfried (a fighting tower without permanent inhabitants) in the 12th century for the Lords of Ramosch. A ring wall was added in the 13th century. On 12 March 1256 Count Meinhard of Tyrol granted the knight Nannes of Ramosch the right to build a castle at Ramosch. Since there was already a fortification, this permission was probably to expand the small tower into a much larger castle. The new castle allowed the Ramosch family to control trade and taxes throughout the Lower Engadine. On 19 August 1317 Nannes and his brother Johannes split the fief into two share ...
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Piz Spadla
The Fil Spadla (2,936 m) is a mountain of the Silvretta Alps, located north of Scuol in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel .... It has two secondary summits: the western summit (2,868 m) and the eastern summit (''Piz Spadla'', 2,912 m). References External links Fil Spadla on Hikr Mountains of Graubünden Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Switzerland Two-thousanders of Switzerland Scuol {{Graubünden-mountain-stub ...
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