Lepontine Alps
The Lepontine Alps are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps. They are located in Switzerland and Italy. The Simplon rail tunnel, the Gotthard rail and Gotthard road tunnels and the San Bernardino road tunnel are important transport arteries.Photo: Luram8, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,699 metres
- Description: range of mountains in North-Western part of the Alps
- Also known as: “Lepontine Alpes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno and Santa Maria Assunta Church.
Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno
Church
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The Church of San Giovanni Battista is located in the alpine village of Mogno in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It was built between 1994 and 1996 on the site of an older church, which was levelled by an avalanche in 1986.
Santa Maria Assunta Church
Church
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Santa Maria Assunta Church is situated 3 km north of Lepontine Alps.
Lago di Mognola
Lago di Mognola is a lake above Fusio in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is located at an elevation of 2003 m.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mogno and Lavizzara.
Mogno
Village
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Mogno is a village in Vallemaggia District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Mogno is situated near the top of Val Lavizzara, a valley through which the upper Maggia River flows.
Lavizzara
Village
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Lavizzara is a municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It is the only municipality in the valley. The municipality was created in 2004 by a merger of Broglio, Brontallo, Fusio, Menzonio, Peccia and Prato-Sornico.
Peccia
Village
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Peccia is one of six municipalities in the canton of Ticino which merged in April 2004 to form the commune of Lavizzara, with about 1000 people. The other municipalities were Broglio, Brontallo, Fusio, Menzonio, and Prato-Sornico.
Lepontine Alps
- Categories: alpine section and landform
- Location: Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Lepontine Alps” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبال الألب ليبونتيني”
- Armenian: “Լեպոնտինյան Ալպեր”
- Basque: “Lepontiar Alpeak”
- Belarusian: “Лепанцінскія Альпы”
- Bulgarian: “Лепонтински Алпи”
- Catalan: “Alps Lepotins”
- Cebuano: “Alpi Lepontine”
- Chinese: “利旁廷阿尔卑斯山脉”
- Chinese: “勒蓬廷山”
- Czech: “Lepontské Alpy”
- Dutch: “Lepontische Alpen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال الالب ليبونتينى”
- Estonian: “Leponti Alpid”
- Finnish: “Lepontinen Alpit”
- Finnish: “Lepontiset Alpit”
- French: “Alpes Lépontiennes”
- French: “Alpes lépontines”
- Georgian: “ლეპონტის ალპები”
- German: “Lepontinische Alpen”
- Greek: “Λεποντίνες Άλπεις”
- Hebrew: “האלפים הלפונטיניים”
- Hungarian: “Lepontini-Alpok”
- Indonesian: “Alpen Lepontine”
- Italian: “Alpi Lepontine”
- Japanese: “レポンティネ・アルプス”
- Japanese: “レポンティンアルプス”
- Korean: “레폰틴 알프스”
- Ladin: “Elpes Lepontines”
- Lithuanian: “Leponto Alpės”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “De lepontinske Alpene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei lepontinske Alpane”
- Norwegian: “De lepontinske Alper”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Alps Lepontinas”
- Persian: “آلپ لپونتین”
- Polish: “Alpy Lepontyńskie”
- Portuguese: “Alpes Lepontinos”
- Romanian: “Alpii Lepontini”
- Russian: “Лепонтинские Альпы”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lepontinske Alpe”
- Slovak: “Lepontské Alpy”
- Slovenian: “Adulske Alpe”
- Spanish: “Alpes Lepontinos”
- Swedish: “Alpi Lepontine”
- Swedish: “Lepontiska alperna”
- Tosk Albanian: “Lepontinische Alpen”
- Turkish: “Lepontin Alpleri”
- Ukrainian: “Лепонтинські Альпи”
- Venetian: “Alpe Leopontine”
- Vietnamese: “Alpes lépontines”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sornico and Prato-Sornico.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Motto della Fame and Motto del Fornale di Rüscada.
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