Grosio

Main sights

• Rock Engraving Park of Grosio. It houses the Rupe Magna, a large rock which has more than 5.000 engraved figures from the 4th to the 1st millennium BC With a length of 84 m and a width of 35 m, it is one of the largest engraved rocks in the Alpine range. Various themes like human figures, including “orants” or armed men, animals, geometrical shapes and cup-marks are incised on its surface.
• Two castle ruins, at the "Dosso dei Castelli". The Castello Nuovo was built in the 14th century by the family of Visconti. The Castello Vecchio was constructed in the 11th century by the Bishops of Como.
• In the historic center of Grosio is the church of San Giorgio. The single-nave church contains frescoes painted by Cipriano Valorsa, the so called Raphael of Valtellina.
• Parish church of San Giuseppe
• Villa Visconti-Venosta, the historic summer residence of the family Visconti-Venosta from about 1600 to 1982. When the marchioness Margherita Pallavicino Mossi, widow of Giovanni Visconti-Venosta died, she donated the villa to the comune of Grosio. Nowadays the library of the comune is situated in the basement areas. Since 2017 it is open again as a museum.

  Twin towns

• Lastra a Signa, Italy, since 1989