Chur (che)

Chur

Chur ranks 1,358th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Epsom, Manchester Parish, and Corpus Christi, Texas. Memorable people born in Chur include Angelica Kauffman, H. R. Giger, and Kurt Huber. Memorable people who died in Chur include Alberto Giacometti, Ernst Marischka, and Bibi Torriani. Chur has been the birth place of many politicians, and painters and the death place of many sculptors, and film directors. Chur is located in Switzerland.

Chur is the capital and largest town of the Swiss canton of the Grisons and lies in the Grisonian Rhine Valley, where the Rhine turns towards the north, in the northern part of the canton. The city, on the right bank of the Rhine, is reputedly the oldest town in Switzerland. Read more on Wikipedia