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Theme Week Engadine – Samedan

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Samedan is a town and municipality in the Maloja Region in the Swiss canton of Grisons. It is served by Samedan railway station on the Rhaetian Railway network and by the Samedan Airport.

Samedan is first mentioned in 1139 as Samaden. In 1334 it was mentioned as Semeden, in 1367 as Semaden, in 1498 as Sumada and in 1527 as Sameden. Samedan is the location of The Smallest Whiskey Bar on Earth, the establishment holding the Guinness World Records distinction of “Smallest Permanently Licensed Bar in the World.”

Library of Planta Foundation © Stefan Schuler/cc-by-sa-3.0 © MadGeographer/cc-by-sa-3.0 Main building of the Academia Engiadina © EliAcademiaEngiadina/cc-by-sa-4.0 Airport © panoramio.com - Normann Marxer/cc-by-3.0 © flickr.com - Doug Knuth/cc-by-sa-2.0 © Gerd Eichmann/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Main building of the Academia Engiadina © EliAcademiaEngiadina/cc-by-sa-4.0
Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Oberengadin sub-district of the Maloja district in the central Oberengadin valley along the Inn river. After 2017 it was part of the Maloja Region. It consists of the village of Samedan and the hamlet of Punt Muragl, the upper section of the Val Bever as well as an exclave that includes nearly the entire Val Roseg, a valley surrounded by the highest mountains of the canton: Piz Bernina, Piz Scerscen and Piz Roseg. Until 1943 Samedan was known as Samaden.

The Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart and the Library of Fundaziun de Planta are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance. The Upper Engadine Cultural Archives is housed in the Chesa Planta in Samedan.

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