Il spir

Il spir (Romansh for " Swifts ") is a viewing platform at Conn., south of Flims in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

The building was designed in behalf of the town of Flims Chur architect Corinna Menn and inaugurated in September 2006. It offers a spectacular 180 - degree views over the Rhine Gorge Ruinaulta. The up to 400 meters deep gorge of the Anterior Rhine between Ilanz and the mouth of the Rhine at Reichenau background is also known as " Little Swiss Grand Canyon " and runs through the rubble of the Flims rockslide.

The platform ' ll spir " consists of a single pillar, which is anchored in two places. The pillar, retained by a pull cable that juts out into the canyon. On the pillar is the triangular platform made ​​of larch wood, which gives the building the form of a Common Swift.

The observation deck can be hiked from Flims -Waldhaus or from the hamlet Trin be accessed in less than an hour. Also Il spir is achieved on a hiking Senda Sursilvana, which follows the Anterior Rhine along its northern flank.