Piotta
Piotta is a village in the municipality of Quinto in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Piotta has an elevation of 1,007 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Quinto in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Piotta, Switzerland”
- Postal code: 6776
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ambri Airport and Ambrì-Piotta railway station.
Ambri Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ambri Airport is a Swiss general aviation airport. It located near the village of Ambrì, in the municipality of Quinto, canton of Ticino. Ambri serves the surrounding area and is home to a gliding school, a helicopter base and has sufficiency for VFR flying.
Ambrì-Piotta railway station
Railway station
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Ambrì-Piotta railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Quinto. It takes its name from the nearby communities of Ambrì and Piotta.
Valascia
Stadium
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Valascia was an indoor sporting arena located in Ambrì, Switzerland. The capacity of the arena was 6,500 and was built in 1959. It served as the home arena of the HC Ambri-Piotta ice hockey team of the National League from 1959 to 2021.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ambrì and Airolo.
Ambrì
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ambrì is a Swiss village in the municipality of Quinto, Leventina District, Canton of Ticino.
Airolo
Village
Photo: Prissantenbär, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Airolo is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Airolo is situated 5 km west of Piotta.
Rodi
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rodi is a Swiss village in the municipality of Prato, Canton of Ticino. Along with the contiguous village of Fiesso, it forms a tiny urban area named Rodi-Fiesso. In Italian, its name means "Rhodes". Rodi is situated 6 km southeast of Piotta.
Piotta
- Categories: Ortsteil, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Quinto, Leventina District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.51395° or 46° 30′ 50″ northLongitude
8.67317° or 8° 40′ 23″ eastElevation
1,007 metres (3,304 feet)Open location code
8FRCGM7F+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 4017849090OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Piotta”. Photo: Luigi Rosa, CC BY-SA 2.0.