Landwasserviadukt - Filisur

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Landwasserviadukt - Filisur

The largest and at the same time most spectacular structure on the 63-kilometer-long Albula line between Thusis and St. Moritz. The Albula and Bernina lines of the Rhaetian Railway have been a Unesco World Heritage Site since mid-July 2008, and only the third railroad line in the world to do so.


The construction of the three main piers of the viaduct in 1901/1902 was an architectural masterpiece, as they were built without scaffolding using two cranes. After 106 years, the masonry and the track trough were repaired for the first time. The natural stone viaduct made of limestone dolomite is 142 meters long and leads in a sweeping curve over the wild Landwasser valley directly into a tunnel, the entrance of which is located on the vertically sloping rock face.


From the village of Filisur, a footpath takes half an hour to reach a beautiful vantage point from where the viaduct can be admired (and photographed). The path continues either down to the river, under the viaduct into the gorge or at the fork in the road to the viewpoint in two hours to the Wiesner viaduct. This can be passed on a footpath and thus also becomes a special experience with a deep view.

Landwasserviadukt
Landwasserviadukt, photo by Juerg Hostettler / @aventouro

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