Sgraffito decorates 1564 house in Baselgia, Upper Engadine, Switzerland.

A house built in 1564 shows characteristic architecture in Baselgia, Upper Engadine, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. Sgraffito (or scraffito, plural: sgraffiti) is a technique of wall decor where layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colors are applied to a moistened surface. The Swiss valley of Engadine translates as the “garden of the En (or Inn) River” (Engadin in German, Engiadina in Romansh, Engadina in Italian).

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A house built in 1564 shows characteristic architecture in Baselgia, Upper Engadine, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. Sgraffito (or scraffito, plural: sgraffiti) is a technique of wall decor where layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colors are applied to a moistened surface. The Swiss valley of Engadine translates as the “garden of the En (or Inn) River” (Engadin in German, Engiadina in Romansh, Engadina in Italian).