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A via ferrata (Italian for "iron path", plural vie ferrate or in English via ferratas) is a protected climbing route found in the Alps and certain other Alpine locations.The protection includes steel fixtures such as cables and railings to arrest the effect of any fall, which the climber can either hold onto or clip into using climbing protection.
Mürren is first mentioned in 1257 as Mons Murren (Mount Murren). It was probably an alpine pasture until the settlement of immigrants from Lötschental shortly after 1300. The first hotel was built in 1857 by Mürren's farming cooperative, the Bäuert .
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Mürrenbachfall in midsummer. The Mürrenbachfall is a waterfall in the Lauterbrunnental in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.The Mürrenbach, which rises above Mürren, passes the village on the southern edge of the town and falls here over the high rock walls of the Trogtal almost to the valley floor, is a left tributary of the Weissen Lütschine with a catchment area of three and a half ...
The peak Cristallino d'Ampezzo (3,008 m) can be climbed via a short side route from the main Ivano Dibona. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] Further the route goes down to Forcella Grande (2,870 m), and passes Forcella Padeon (2,760 m), Forcella Alta (2,687 m), and Forcella Bassa , and along the ridge to the peaks Zurlon (2,363 m), and Col di Stombi (2,168 m), and ...
Mortgage and refinance rates for Wednesday, February 12, 2025 (gorodenkoff via Getty Images) Average mortgage rates remain steady but elevated across the board as of Wednesday, February 12, 2025.
It’s illegal to sell or buy, but casu marzu, a maggot-infested sheep milk cheese is a revered delicacy on the Italian island of Sardinia. Locals hope their unusual dairy product can shed its ...
A guide to the General Government, the Polish land occupied by Germany, was published in 1943. Source: Marian Mark Drozdowski, The history of the Warsaw Ghetto in the Light of the Reports of Ludwig Fischer , Polin, Vol. 3, 1988, pp. 189–199, cited in T. Snyder, Blood Lands , Vintage, 2010, p. 145.