Graun - Curon Venosta: Melago
Melag is best known in South Tyrol for its position at the head of the Langtaufers Valley. This small settlement belongs to the municipality of Graun im Vinschgau/Curon Venosta, in Italy’s autonomous province of Bolzano–South Tyrol. The valley runs through the Ötztal Alps, where steep, forested slopes rise above a floor of meadows, farmsteads and small water basins. Melag is also known in Italian as Melago; the paired German and Italian names used here and across the valley reflect South Tyrol’s bilingual public life. Its compact pattern of farms and lanes gives the upper valley a distinctly rural character, away from the larger resorts of the Vinschgau.
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Graun–Curon Venosta straddles the upper Vinschgau valley beside Lake Reschen in South Tyrol, and the reservoir’s creation in 1950 forced the relocation of much of the original settlement. The solitary 14th-century bell tower of the former village church still rises from the water, an unmistakable reminder of the flooded old Graun. Near the Reschen Pass, this high Alpine municipality lies close to both Austria and Switzerland, where mountain roads, farming and winter sports shape daily life. Find related webcams in the surrounding upper Vinschgau to build a fuller picture of Graun–Curon Venosta.
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