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Image by Alois Carigiet

Narrator: Urs Schaub

Schellen-Ursli
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Der grosse Schnee
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— Schellen-Ursli, in the original Rhaeto-Romanic 'Uorsin', is a children's story by the author Selina Chönz and the artist Alois Carigiet. It is one of the best-known picture books in Switzerland. The origin of the story is in Guarda, a village in the Lower Engadine. House No. 51 on the west side of the Plazzetta zuos-cha (Rhaeto-Romanic for 'dirty place') served as the model for little Ursli's parents' house for the Grisons artist Alois Carigiet. The stately Lower Engadine houses are known for their thick walls painted with pictures and sgraffiti. The small windows and the large ornate wooden gates are still typical features of Engadine houses today. Guarda is now a village with a townscape of national importance.

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