Piz Bernina
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Piz Bernina is the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps, the highest point of the Bernina Range, and the highest peak in the Rhaetian Alps. It rises 4,048 m (13,281 ft) and is located south of Pontresina and near the major Alpine resort of St. Moritz, in the Engadin valley. It is also the most easterly mountain higher than 4,000 m (13,000 ft) in the Alps, the highest point of the Swiss canton of Graubünden, and the fifth-most prominent peak in the Alps. Although the summit lies within Switzerland, the massif is on the border with Italy. The "shoulder" known as La Spedla is the highest point in the Italian Lombardy region.
Piz Bernina with the Biancograt to the right
Piz Bernina and the Morteratsch Glacier
Spherical panorama from Piz Bernina
Panorama from Diavolezza. From left to right: Piz Palü, Bellavista, Crast' Agüzza (small rocky peak in the middle), Piz Bernina and Piz Morteratsch
Pontresina
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Pontresina is a municipality in the Maloja Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
Pontresina in August 2010
Pontresina c. 1870, with Val Roseg and Roseg Glacier. Etching by Heinrich Müller
Pontresina and the Roseg Valley (Val Roseg)
Reformed church of Niculò/Nikolaus, built in 1640, rebuilt in 1718, tower from 1887.