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Grosio (; Lombard: ''Gros'') is a ''
* Rock Engraving Park of Grosio. It houses the Rupe Magna, a large rock which has more than 5.000 engraved figures from the 4th to the 1st millennium BC With a length of 84 m and a width of 35 m, it is one of the largest engraved rocks in the Alpine range. Various themes like human figures, including “orants” or armed men, animals, geometrical shapes and cup-marks are incised on its surface.
*Two castle ruins, at the "Dosso dei Castelli" (Castle Hill). The Castello Nuovo was built in the 14th century by the family of Visconti. The Castello Vecchio (o San Faustino) was constructed in the 11th century by the Bishops of Como.
*In the historic center of Grosio is the church of ''San Giorgio'' (16th century). The single-nave church contains frescoes painted by Cipriano Valorsa, the so called ''Raphael of Valtellina''.
*Parish church of ''San Giuseppe'' (17th century)
*Villa Visconti-Venosta, the historic summer residence of the family Visconti-Venosta from about 1600 to 1982. When the marchioness Margherita Pallavicino Mossi, widow of Giovanni Visconti-Venosta died, she donated the villa to the comune of Grosio. Nowadays the library of the comune is situated in the basement areas. Since 2017 it is open again as a museum.
comune
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'' (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio
The Province of Sondrio ( it, provincia di Sondrio) is in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Its provincial capital is the city of Sondrio. As of 2017, it has a population of 181,403.
History
The Province was established in 1815, withi ...
in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan
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and about northeast of Sondrio
Sondrio (; lmo, Sùndri; rm, Sunder; archaic german: Sünders or ; la, Sundrium) is an Italian city and ''comune'' and Provincial Capital located in the heart of the Valtellina. , Sondrio counts approximately 21,876 inhabitants (2015) and it is ...
, on the border with Switzerland.
The municipality of Grosio contains the ''frazioni
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'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Tiolo and Ravoledo.
Grosio borders the following municipalities: Grosotto
Grosotto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Sondrio, on the border with Switzerland.
Grosotto borders the following municipalities: ...
, Monno, Poschiavo
Poschiavo ( it, Poschiavo, lmo, Pusciaaf, german: Puschlav, rm, Puschlav) is a municipality in the Bernina Region in the canton of Grisons in Switzerland.
History
Poschiavo is first mentioned in 824 as ''in Postclave'' though this comes from ...
(Switzerland), Sondalo
Sondalo (''Sondel'' in Valtellina, Valtellinese dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Sondrio.
Sondalo borders the follo ...
, Valdidentro, Valdisotto
Valdisotto (''Val de Sota'' in lombard) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Sondrio.
Valdisotto borders the following municipalitie ...
, Vezza d'Oglio
Vezza d'Oglio ( Camunian: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is located in the upper Camonica Valley.
Origins of the name
Legend has it that a flood destroyed the ancient town of Rosolina, on the de ...
.
Main sights
* Rock Engraving Park of Grosio. It houses the Rupe Magna, a large rock which has more than 5.000 engraved figures from the 4th to the 1st millennium BC With a length of 84 m and a width of 35 m, it is one of the largest engraved rocks in the Alpine range. Various themes like human figures, including “orants” or armed men, animals, geometrical shapes and cup-marks are incised on its surface.
*Two castle ruins, at the "Dosso dei Castelli" (Castle Hill). The Castello Nuovo was built in the 14th century by the family of Visconti. The Castello Vecchio (o San Faustino) was constructed in the 11th century by the Bishops of Como.
*In the historic center of Grosio is the church of ''San Giorgio'' (16th century). The single-nave church contains frescoes painted by Cipriano Valorsa, the so called ''Raphael of Valtellina''.
*Parish church of ''San Giuseppe'' (17th century)
*Villa Visconti-Venosta, the historic summer residence of the family Visconti-Venosta from about 1600 to 1982. When the marchioness Margherita Pallavicino Mossi, widow of Giovanni Visconti-Venosta died, she donated the villa to the comune of Grosio. Nowadays the library of the comune is situated in the basement areas. Since 2017 it is open again as a museum.
Twin towns
Grosio istwinned
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* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
town with:
* Lastra a Signa
Lastra a Signa is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the metropolitan city of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence.
Main sights
*Hospital of Sant'Antonio (1411)
*" Brunelleschi" Walls, although the attribution to th ...
, Italy, since 1989
References
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