In a process that took about three centuries they spread into the alpine valleys.

Above the Alpine valley there are two more floors of dining rooms.

It was constructed across an alpine valley in Schiers between 1929 and 1930.

The alpine valleys were used to raise cattle, which became increasingly more important to the village.

No one before had drawn such vast conclusions from the local phenomena of the Alpine valleys.

Another alpine valley, but this one was different.

It is the curse of the Alpine valleys to be each one village from one end to the other.

Owing to their position on a plateau, the settlements are more spread out than in a typical Alpine valley.

Imagine the most perfect Alpine valley, only twice as white, five times as big and without any ski lifts.

Conversely, the lower and broader the Alpine valleys are, the more densely populated they become.