The Valposchiavo did not always lie at the end of the world. In the days when Graubünden ruled the Valtelina (1512-1797), the Bernina Pass served as one of the main links between the subject lands and the government north of the Alps. The “borgo“ of Poschiavo counted around 1,000 inhabitants in the 18th century and was, after the capital Chur, the second most populous town in Graubünden.

© Foto Archivio fotografico Luigi Gisep /Società Storica Val Poschiavo