page_title: Vella
section_title: Heritage sites of national significance
hierarchical_section_title: Vella / Heritage sites of national significance
caption_attribution_description: Kirche St.Vinzenz bei Vella GR
context_page_description: Vella is a village and a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. The municipalities of Cumbel, Degen, Lumbrein, Morissen, Suraua, Vignogn, Vella, and Vrin merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Lumnezia.
context_section_description: The Church of S. Vincenz/St. Vincent is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
  The church is first mentioned about 843, when it was given Imperial support. It later came under the patronage of the Welfs and in the mid 10th century came under the authority of the cathedral of Constance. By the 14th Century it was owned by the Freiherr of Belmont, but in 1371 was inherited by the family of Sax-Misox. Then, in 1483 it came under the authority of the Bishop of Chur. The Gothic/Romanesque church was rebuilt in 1661-62.
caption: Church of St. Vincent
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