Cassarate
The Cassarate is a river of the Swiss canton of Ticino. It rises in the upper part of the Val Colla, on the slopes of Monte Gazzirola and the San Lucio Pass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the Swiss canton of Ticino that flows into Lake Lugano
- Also known as: “Cassarate (river)” and “Cassarate River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cantonal Library of Lugano and Cantonal Museum of Natural History.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lugano and Cassarate.
Lugano
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Lugano is a lakeside city in Ticino, the Italian-speaking part of southern Switzerland, and is the largest Italian-speaking city in Switzerland and outside Italy.
Cassarate
Suburb
Cassarate is a village on the northern shore of Lake Lugano, to the east of the outfall of the Cassarate River, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Politically the village forms part of the Castagnola-Cassarate quarter of the city of Lugano, although until 1972 Castagnola-Cassarate was an independent municipality under the name Castagnola.
Molino Nuovo
Suburb
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Molino Nuovo is a quarter of the city of Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It lies to the north of the city center, and is the most populous quarter of the city. In 2012, it had a population of 9,258.
Cassarate
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Cassarate” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Cassarate”
- Cebuano: “Cassarate”
- Chinese: “卡薩拉特河”
- Croatian: “Cassarate”
- Dutch: “Cassarate”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاسارات”
- French: “Cassarate”
- German: “Cassarate”
- Hebrew: “קאסארייט”
- Irish: “Cassarate”
- Italian: “Cassarate”
- Lombard: “Cassaraa”
- Macedonian: “Касарат (река)”
- Macedonian: “Касарат”
- Romansh: “Cassarate”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Cassarate”
- Swedish: “Cassarate”
- Venetian: “Fiume Cassarate”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lugano Centro and Castagnola.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lido di Lugano and Casinò Lugano.
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