Le Prese is a village in the
Val Poschiavo
Val Poschiavo (, , ) is a valley in the southern, Italian-speaking part of the Swiss canton of the Grisons. The main town is Poschiavo. The valley is known for its distinctive microclimate that supports a diverse agricultural landscape, ranging ...
in the
canton of Graubünden
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Switzerland
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. It lies at above sea level at the northern end of
Lago di Poschiavo
Lago di Poschiavo is a natural lake in the Val di Poschiavo in the Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of the Grisons.
Geography
It lies at an elevation of , a length of , a surface area of and a maximum depth of . The lake is both fed and dr ...
, and is in the
municipality of Poschiavo
Poschiavo (, , , ) 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 a later copy of the original document. In 1140 it was men ...
, some south of the village of the same name. The
Poschiavino river
Poschiavino is an long river that rises in the Swiss canton of Graubünden and flows into the Italian province of Sondrio. The majority of the river is in Switzerland, with just in Italy.
The source of the river lies at above sea level in t ...
enters the lake by the village.
Both the
main road through the Val Poschiavo and the
Bernina railway
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pass through the village, with the
railway sharing the carriageway with road traffic in places, and running alongside the road in others.
Le Prese railway station
Le Prese railway station is a railway station in the village of Le Prese, within the municipality of Poschiavo and canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is located on the Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway.
The station is located in the ...
is situated in the centre of the village, on the shared carriageway section of the line.
spa town
A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring). Patrons visit spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits.
Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath, Somerset, Ba ...
, with the 1856 construction of the spa building and further improvements in 1861. It sold itself as the ideal acclimatization station between the north of Italy
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and the health resorts of the Engadin
The Engadin or Engadine (;This is the name in the two Romansh idioms that are spoken in the Engadin, Vallader and Puter, as well as in Sursilvan and Rumantsch Grischun. In Surmiran, the name is ''Nagiadegna'', and in Sutsilvan, it is ''Gidegna'' ...
. The sulphur spa was well frequented until 1914. The spa (''Albergo Bagni Le Prese''/''Kurhaus Le Prese'') is on the . The parish church of ''San Francesco d'Assisi'' is in the centre of the village.
References
Villages in Poschiavo
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