Contra
Contra is a village in Tenero, Locarno District, Ticino. Contra is situated nearby to the hamlet Costa, as well as near the locality I Gann.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Locarno Film Festival and Tenero railway station.
Locarno Film Festival
Recreation area
Photo: Pardofestival, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Locarno International Film Festival is a major international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, short, avant-garde, and retrospective programs. Locarno Film Festival is situated 4 km southwest of Contra.
Tenero railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tenero railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Tenero-Contra, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Giubiasco–Locarno line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Contra Dam
Dam
Photo: Audrix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Contra Dam, commonly known as the Verzasca Dam and the Locarno Dam, is an arch dam on the Verzasca River in the Val Verzasca of Ticino, Switzerland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gordemo and Gordola.
Gordemo
Village
Gordemo is a hillside village in Locarno District, Switzerland, to the northwest of Gordola. It is notably located close to the Verzasca Dam, about 800 metres downstream in the valleyside.
Gordola
Village
Gordola is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Brione sopra Minusio
Village
Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brione sopra Minusio is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Contra
- Type: Village
- Postal code: 6646
- Category: locality
- Location: Tenero, Locarno District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.18838° or 46° 11′ 18″ northLongitude
8.83971° or 8° 50′ 23″ eastElevation
483 metres (1,585 feet)Open location code
8FRC5RQQ+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 3210093744OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2661127
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