Bosco/Gurin
Bosco Gurin is a village in Ticino at an altitude of 1,506 metres. Its history is associated with Walser settlers arriving in the thirteenth century. The local account connects its cultural traditions with characteristic buildings and rural life, and describes a local language still spoken by residents.
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Bosco Gurin is a village in Ticino at an altitude of 1,506 metres. Its history is associated with Walser settlers arriving in the thirteenth century. The local account connects its cultural traditions with characteristic buildings and rural life, and describes a local language still spoken by residents.
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Editorial interpretation: The relationship between settlement, language and buildings offers a way to read the village through several forms of continuity. Keeping these strands together avoids making its identity depend solely on its mountain setting.
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