Valley of the Giacomettis: at the southern end of the wide-open Engadine valley, with its string of sparkling lakes, we cross the Maloja Pass and plunge into another world. Swiss News explores a remote valley and the family of famous artists it inspired.

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Valley of the Giacomettis: at the southern end of the wide-open Engadine valley, with its string of sparkling lakes, we cross the Maloja Pass and plunge into another world. Swiss News explores a remote valley and the family of famous artists it inspired.

A series of dizzying switchbacks that challenge even the daring driver leads to the narrow Val Bregaglia, the smallest of the Italian-speaking valleys in the canton of Graubunden. This is a land of startling contrasts--seemingly deserted villages interspersed with palatial mansions and elegant piazzas--and fascinating stories about its former inhabitants. Its stones do ind...

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