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Therme Vals
Therme Vals is the hotel/spa complex in Vals, built over the only thermal springs in the Graubünden canton in Switzerland. Completed in 1996, the project was designed by Peter Zumthor, winner of the 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize.
History.
In the 1960s a German property developer, Karl Kurt Vorlop, built a hotel complex with over 1,000 beds to take advantage of the naturally occurring thermal springs and the source, which provides the water for Valser mineral water, sold throughout Switzerland. After the developer
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The historical population is given in the following chart:
Tourism.
Located in the Valser valley, it is known for its thermal baths (Therme Vals). It is the source of the "Valser" mineral water and Valserstein, a granite with many minerals in it giving it a sparkle.
Weather.
Vals has an average of 121.1 days of rain per year and on average receives of precipitation. The wettest month is August during which time Vals receives an average of of precipitation. During this