in Poschiavo), a Swiss ice hockey forward, bronze medallist at the 2014 Winter Olympics Heritage sites of national significance There are ten buildings in Poschiavo that are listed as Swiss Heritage sites of national significance. Three churches and a chapel are listed: S. Maria Assunta, S. Vittore, S. Carlo Borromeo and Vecchio Monastero con cappella monastica di S. Maria Presentata; three houses are also on the lis: Casa Tomé, Devon House, and Li Curt House; finally, there are three buildings, now used as museums; Mulino di Aino, Palazzo De Bassus Mengotti, Palazzo Dorizzi. Casa Tomé is now the Poschiavo town museum, an excellent example of the traditional architecture of the Val Poschiavo; during the Middle Ages it was built as a tower house; by 1450 it had reached its current exterior appearance. While it was built in the village center, it had a structure that more closely matched nearby farm house; today it houses a museum and hosts classes and discussions on traditional farming and food production techniques. The Mulino di Aino presents several pre-industrial trades; this working museum shows how flour was produced from grain, boards from timber and horseshoes from iron. The baroque Palazzo De Bassus-Mengotti was built in 1655 and expanded over the following centuries and today it also houses a museum whose ground floor houses a collection of farm implements. The first floor is used for temporary exhibits and currently (in 2009) it holds a collection of paintings by the local artist Fernando Lardelli; the second floor contains exhibits showing everyday life in the valley and emigration from the same. The Palazzo Dorizzi houses pieces collected by Christen and Dorizzi (from Basel and Puschlav respectively) in India during 1947–57. Climate Between 1991 and 2020 Poschiavo had an average of 101.2 days of rain per year and on average received of precipitation; the wettest month were June and August, during which time it received an average of ; during these months there was rain for an average of 10.8 days in June and 11.1 days in August. The driest month of the year was February with an average of over 4.5 days. See also Italian Graubünden Poschiavino References External links Official Site of the municipality of Poschiavo Official Site of the valley Cultural property of national significance in Graubünden Towns in Val Poschiavo