ST. MORITZ

'St. Moritz' (German: ''Sankt Moritz'', Romansh: ''San Murezzan'') is a popular resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. St. Moritz is considered the oldest winter resort in the world.

Popular pastimes include skiing and hiking, and nearby there is also the world famous Cresta Run toboggan course.
The year-round population is 5600, with some 3000 seasonal employees supporting hotels and rental units with a total of 13,000 beds.
St. Moritz has been the host city for the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics. It also hosted the 1934, 1974 and 2003 Alpine Skiing World Championships. It is one of three cities that have hosted the Winter Olympic Games twice, the others being Innsbruck, Austria and Lake Placid, New York in the United States.
Common tourist St. Moritz attractions include:

★ The Segantini Museum: dedicated to Giovanni Segantini, a painter that lived the last 5 years of his life in Engadine painting "nature, life, death".

★ The Olympic bobsled run: a very rare natural bob sleigh. It is typically up and running by late December each year

★ Viewing the glacier landscape: there are a number of notable vistas. Much can be seen by descending from Diavolezza to the Morteratsch Glacier.

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In popular culture

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In popular culture

★ St. Moritz was mentioned in the 1964 James Bond film ''Goldfinger'' as a skiing resort. Also mentioned in the 1981 James Bond film ''For Your Eyes Only''.

★ St. Moritz is mentioned in the song ''Where do you go to my lovely'' by Peter Sarstedt

★ St. Moritz is mentioned in the song ''I Wouldn't Dream Of It'' by the New Zealand band Split Enz.

★ St. Moritz is also a brand of menthol cigarettes distributed by British American Tobacco.

See also

★ Glacier Express

★ Badrutt's Palace Hotel

External links

★ http://www.stmoritz.ch Official website

★ http://www.stmoritz-gemeinde.ch Municipality

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★ San Murezzan in the Lexicon istoric retic