Baselgia refurmeda Fex Crasta, Protestant church in Fex Crasta, Sils im Engadin/Segl, Switzerland.
The Baselgia refurmeda Fex Crasta is a small late-Romanesque church built at the end of the 15th century in Fex Crasta, a hamlet of Sils im Engadin/Segl. It has a rectangular nave closed by a semicircular apse, with a small bell turret on the left side. The apse is covered entirely by frescoes of the north Italian school, dated 1511.
The building was constructed in medieval times and was transformed into a Protestant place of worship following the Reformation in the 16th century. This conversion marks the religious shift that swept through the entire Graubunden region at that time.
The church is a Predigtstätte of the Kirchgemeinde Oberengadin, known locally in Romansh as Refurmo. It is dedicated to Saint Margaret of Antioch, and the Fextal valley adopted the Reformation as early as 1522, turning the building into a Reformed preaching church. The 1511 frescoes were whitewashed during the iconoclasm and only uncovered again in the 20th century.
The church is best reached on foot from the village of Fex Crasta, with the path winding through the region's landscape. Visitors should expect variable mountain weather and bring appropriate clothing.
The church is a model-railway subject: Faller produced an N-scale kit of the building, which made it known among model railway enthusiasts. In the cemetery, the urn of conductor Claudio Abbado is buried.
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