Monte Generoso

Monte Generoso is a mountain of the Lugano Prealps, located on the border between and and between and . The western and southern flanks of the mountain lie in the Swiss canton of , whilst the north-eastern flanks are in the Italian region of .
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,701 metres
  • Description: mountain of the Lugano Prealps
  • Also known as: “Calvagione”, “Generoso”, and “Monte Calvagione”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Generoso Vetta railway station and Grotta dell’Orso (Como).

Railway station
Photo: Gürbetaler, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Generoso Vetta is the upper terminal railway station of the Monte Generoso railway, a rack railway that connects with the summit of Monte Generoso in the canton of .

Cave
Photo: Celsius1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a cave.

Church
Photo: Tack09, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scudellate and Erbonne.

Hamlet
Photo: Patrik Tschudin, CC BY 2.0.
is a hamlet.

Hamlet
Photo: Pifoyde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet.

Hamlet
Photo: Kaitu, CC0.
is a hamlet.

Monte Generoso

Latitude
45.93128° or 45° 55′ 53″ north
Longitude
9.01995° or 9° 1′ 12″ east
Elevation
1,701 metres (5,581 feet)
Open location code
8FQFW2J9+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1372930224
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2660649
Wiki­data ID
Q15271
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Satellite Map

Discover Monte Generoso from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Monte Generoso” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مونتي جينيروسو”
  • Catalan: “Monte Generoso”
  • Cebuano: “Monte Generoso”
  • Chinese: “格訥羅索山”
  • Dutch: “Monte Generoso”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونتى جينيروسو”
  • French: “Monte Generoso”
  • German: “Monte Generoso”
  • Italian: “Calvagione”
  • Italian: “Generoso”
  • Italian: “monte Calvagione”
  • Italian: “monte Generoso”
  • Italian: “Monte Generoso”
  • Ladin: “Monte Generoso”
  • Latin: “Generus mons”
  • Lombard: “Gioner”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Monte Generoso”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Monte Generoso”
  • Persian: “مونته جنه‌روسو”
  • Polish: “Monte Generoso”
  • Romansh: “Monte Generoso”
  • Russian: “Монте-Дженерозо”
  • Russian: “Монте-Дженеросо”
  • Spanish: “Monte Generoso”
  • Swedish: “Monte Generoso”
  • Swiss German: “Calvagione”
  • Swiss German: “Monte Generoso”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Monte Generoso”
  • Venetian: “Monte Generoso”

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Casa della Marchesa and Monte Baraghetto.

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