St. Moritz
Also known as San Murezzan, Sankt Moritz, St. Moritz GR
resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland
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St. Moritz is a resort town located in the Engadine valley in Switzerland, known for attracting visitors seeking mountain recreation and leisure. It has become a prominent destination in the Alpine region, drawing international tourists to the area.
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- Official website
- www.gemeinde-stmoritz.ch
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- St. Moritz - Heart of the village (15452091673).jpg
- Dialing code
- 081
- Licence plate code
- GR
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St. Moritz is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about 1,800 metres (5,910 ft) above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in the administrative region of Maloja in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.
St. Moritz lies on the southern slopes of the Albula Alps below the Piz Nair (3,056 m or 10,026 ft) overlooking the flat and wide glaciated valley of the Upper Engadine and Lake St. Moritz. It hosted the Winter Olympics in 1928 and 1948.
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