Lake Lugano

Lake Lugano is a glacial lake which is situated on the border between southern and northern . The lake, named after the city of , is situated between and Lago Maggiore.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Switzerland and Italy
  • Also known as: Ceresio”, “Lago di Lugano”, “Lake of Lugano”, and “Lugano

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of Cultures and Cantonal Library of Lugano.

Museum
The Museo delle Culture di was opened on 23 September 1989 with the aim of preserving most of the ethnic art collected by Serge Brignoni and coming in particular from the Far East, India, South-East Asia, Indonesia and Oceania.

Museum
The Swiss–Italian Art Museum, commonly known as , MASILugano or MASI, is an art museum predominantly featuring 20th-century and contemporary art in , Switzerland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Caprino and Castagnola.

Hamlet
is a on the southern shore of Lake Lugano in the , to the east of the exclave of and below the summit of .

Suburb
is a on the northern shore of Lake Lugano, below the mountain of , in the . Politically the village forms part of the Castagnola-Cassarate quarter of the , although until 1972 Castagnola-Cassarate was an independent municipality under the name .

Village
is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the in . It lies on the shore of Lake Lugano and, although administratively independent of the , it is surrounded on all other sides by that city.

Lake Lugano

Latitude
45.99124° or 45° 59′ 29″ north
Longitude
8.96587° or 8° 57′ 57″ east
Elevation
271 metres (889 feet)
Open location code
8FQCXXR8+F8
Geo­Names ID
2659835
Wiki­data ID
Q14418
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Lugano from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Lake Lugano” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Liqeni Lugano
  • Arabic: بحيرة لوغانو
  • Armenian: Լուգանո
  • Basque: Luganoko aintzira
  • Belarusian: Возера Лугана
  • Belarusian: Лугана
  • Breton: Lenn Lugano
  • Bulgarian: Лугано (езеро)
  • Bulgarian: Лугано
  • Catalan: Llac de Lugano
  • Cebuano: Lago di Lugano
  • Chinese: 盧加諾湖
  • Chuvash: Лугано
  • Croatian: Lugano
  • Czech: Luganské jezero
  • Danish: Luganosøen
  • Dutch: Luganomeer
  • Dutch: Meer van Lugano
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره لوجانو
  • Esperanto: Lago de Lugano
  • Estonian: Lugano järv
  • Finnish: Luganojärvi
  • French: lac de Lugano
  • French: Lac de Lugano
  • Galician: Lago de Lugano
  • Georgian: ლუგანოს ტბა
  • German: Lago di Lugano
  • German: Lauisersee
  • German: Luganer See
  • German: Luganersee
  • Greek: Λίμνη Λουγκάνο
  • Greek: Λίμνη του Λουγκάνο
  • Hebrew: אגם לוגאנו
  • Hungarian: Luganói-tó
  • Icelandic: Lugano-vatn
  • Indonesian: Danau Lugano
  • Italian: Ceresio
  • Italian: lago di Lugano
  • Italian: Lago di Lugano
  • Japanese: ルガーノ湖
  • Korean: 루가노호
  • Latin: Ceresius lacus
  • Latin: Ceresius
  • Latvian: Lugāno ezers
  • Lithuanian: Lugano ežeras
  • Lombard: Lag de Lugan
  • Lombard: Lagh de Lügan
  • Macedonian: Лугано
  • Mingrelian: ლუგანოშ ტობა
  • Northern Frisian: Luganer Sia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Luganosjøen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Luganosjøen
  • Norwegian: Luganosjøen
  • Occitan (post 1500): Lac de Lugano
  • Persian: دریاچه لوگانو
  • Persian: دریاچه لوگنو
  • Polish: Jezioro Lugano
  • Polish: Lago di Lugano
  • Polish: Lugano
  • Portuguese: Lago de Lugano
  • Romansh: Lai da Lugano
  • Russian: Лугано
  • Scottish Gaelic: Loch Lugano
  • Serbian: Лугано
  • Serbian: Луганско језеро
  • Serbo-Croatian: Lugano
  • Slovenian: Ceresio
  • Slovenian: Lago di Lugano
  • Slovenian: Lugansko jezero
  • Spanish: Lago de Lugano
  • Swedish: Luganosjön
  • Swiss German: Luganersee
  • Tosk Albanian: Luganersee
  • Turkish: Lugano Gölü
  • Ukrainian: Лугано
  • Ukrainian: Луґано
  • Urdu: جھیل لوگانو
  • Venetian: Łago de Ługan
  • Vietnamese: Hồ Lugano
  • Welsh: Lago di Lugano
  • Welsh: llyn Lugano
  • Welsh: Llyn Lugano
  • Wu Chinese: 卢加诺湖

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Opera castellano del Castello di San Martino and Cantine di Caprino.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Thyssen-Bornemisza. Fondazione and Cantonal Museum of Natural History.

Ticino: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Lugano, Bellinzona, Locarno, and Ascona.

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