Miralago

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Miralago
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : canton of Grisonscanton of Grisons Graubünden (GR)
Region : Bernina
Political community : Poschiavoi2 w1
Coordinates : 805 204  /  128110 coordinates: 46 ° 16 '23 "  N , 10 ° 6' 4"  O ; CH1903:  805204  /  128110
Height : 965  m above sea level M.
On the south bank of Lake Poschiavo: Miralago

On the south bank of Lake Poschiavo: Miralago

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Miralago (Switzerland)
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Miralago (German: Seeblick ) is a small hamlet in the Puschlav valley in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland and politically belongs to the municipalities of Poschiavo and Brusio . Until 1938 Miralago was called Meschino ("poor").

The place is at an altitude of 965  m on the south bank of the Lago di Poschiavo . The Miralago Church was built in 1682. Miralago has a Rhaetian Railway station . The border between the municipalities of Poschiavo and Brusio runs right through the hamlet.

The ground on which the hamlet stands was created thousands of years ago by a rock fall that dammed the lake. Originally the lake level was dozens of meters higher; the lake reached as far as Poschiavo.

The hamlet experienced a heyday in the first years of the 20th century, during the construction of the Bernina Railway. At that time there were four restaurants and inns in Meschino, today one hotel is still open. Since then, the population has steadily decreased: in the 1950s, around 50 people lived in the village, today there are just under 20 people.