Ticino
Lugano District
Lugano

Monte Brè

Monte Brè is a small mountain east of on the flank of Monte Boglia with a view of the bay of Lugano and the and the . It is considered one of the sunniest points in .
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Photo: Parpan05, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 928 metres
  • Description: mountain
  • Also known as: “Monte Bre” and “Monte Brè Sopra Lugano”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chiesa dei Santi Simone e Fedele and Villa Favorita.

Church
Photo: HAL 1967, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Park
Photo: HAL 1967, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a park.

Church
Photo: Elvezio, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aldesago and Brè-Aldesago.

Neighborhood
is a on the western slopes of the mountain of Monte Brè, in the . Politically the village forms part of the of the , although until 1972 Brè-Aldesago was an independent municipality.

Village
Photo: Hadi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a quarter of the city of , in the . It occupies the slopes and summit of Monte Brè, and contains the mountain villages of , to the east of the summit, and , to the west.

Suburb
Photo: HAL 1967, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a on the northern shore of , below the mountain of Monte Brè, 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 .

Monte Brè

Latitude
46.00909° or 46° 0′ 33″ north
Longitude
8.98741° or 8° 59′ 15″ east
Elevation
928 metres (3,045 feet)
Open location code
8FRC2X5P+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 291524462
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2661417
Wiki­data ID
Q692385
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Satellite Map

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

From Cebuano to Venetian—“Monte Brè” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Monte Brè”
  • Chinese: “布雷山 (提契諾州)”
  • Chinese: “布雷山”
  • Croatian: “Brè”
  • Dutch: “Monte Brè”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت بر”
  • French: “Monte Brè”
  • German: “Monte Bre”
  • German: “Monte Bré”
  • German: “Monte Brè”
  • Italian: “Monte Brè”
  • Ladin: “Monte Brè”
  • Lombard: “Brè”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Monte Brè”
  • Romansh: “Monte Brè”
  • Russian: “Монте-Бре”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Brè”
  • Swedish: “Monte Brè”
  • Venetian: “Monte Brè”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monte Brè”. Photo: Parpan05, CC BY 3.0.