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3 unusual facts about Breil/Brigels


Scheibenschlagen

Breil/Brigels (Graubünden): Oh tgei biala schibetta per la (Mädchenname)!

In Danis (Swiss canton Graubünden) the custom is called trer schibettas (Rhaeto-Romanic for Scheibenschlagen).

The tradition of Scheibenschlagen is particularly widespread in and around the area of the Upper Rhine Plain (in the Black Forest, Breisgau, Basel-Landschaft, Alsace,) as well as in Vorarlberg, parts of West- and South Tyrol, in Bündner Oberland Breil/Brigels and in Churer Rheintal Untervaz.


Binda Group

Breil Milano’s two brand ambassadors are Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron and movie star Edward Norton.

Breil

Joseph Carl Breil (1870-1926), American composer, especially for silent films

Breil-sur-Roya

Breil-sur-Roya is one of the towns on the route of Train de merveilles which runs between Nice and Cuneo in Italy.

Tende

Tende has a railway station on the Nice/Ventimiglia-Breil-Cuneo line run by the SNCF, with connecting service from Ventimiglia/Nice in the southwest to Turin to the north.


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