San Peder (Sent)
San Peder ( Rhaeto-Romanic in the idiom Vallader for "Saint Peter") is a medieval church building in Sent in the Lower Engadine .
history
The church, which is not open to the public, stands on a rock on the western edge of the village. Its structure probably dates back to 1173.
With the adoption of the Reformation in Sent, the church was given up as a sacred building . San Lurench became the preaching church of the Reformed village. The church of San Peder fell into disrepair, although only the Romanesque church tower could hold up. For centuries, it housed a municipal powder and ammunition depot.
The church hill with the ruins has been owned by the Corradini family since 1856 . Since then she has tried to preserve the ruins. The tall larches were planted by her.
Research under Peider Lansel
The current owners are descendants of the Romance philologist, poet and language politician Peider Lansel . He built a small poets' room for himself in the upper part of the tower. The first archaeological research on the hill can be traced back to him in 1937. In the process, the remains of a defensive tower were discovered southeast of the church on a sloping terrace with an extension of approximately 12 by 13 meters, the walls of which were 2.3 meters thick. In Rhaetian museum kept a small finds dating to leave the tower in the 13th century. During the 14th century the tower was abandoned.
literature
- Otto P. Clavadetscher, Werner Meyer : The castle book of Graubünden . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-280-01319-4 . P. 221
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Coordinates: 46 ° 48 '57.9 " N , 10 ° 19' 59.2" E ; CH1903: 820,849 / 189068