Brè
Brè is a village on the eastern slopes of the mountain of Monte Brè, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Politically the village forms part of the Brè-Aldesago quarter of the city of Lugano, although until 1972 Brè-Aldesago was an independent municipality, known simply as Brè until 1953.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: mountain village within the boundaries of the city of Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino
- Also known as: “Bre” and “Brè sopra Lugano”
- Postal code: 6979
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chiesa dei Santi Simone e Fedele and Monte Brè.
Chiesa dei Santi Simone e Fedele
Church
Photo: HAL 1967, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chiesa dei Santi Simone e Fedele is a church.
Monte Brè
Peak
Monte Brè is a small mountain east of Lugano on the flank of Monte Boglia with a view of the bay of Lugano and the Pennine Alps and the Bernese Alps. It is considered one of the sunniest points in Switzerland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brè-Aldesago and Gandria.
Brè-Aldesago
Village
Photo: Hadi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brè-Aldesago is a quarter of the city of Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It occupies the slopes and summit of Monte Brè, and contains the mountain villages of Brè, to the east of the summit, and Aldesago, to the west.
Gandria
Village
Photo: Oberpepe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gandria is both a quarter of the city of Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino, and a village on the northern shore of Lake Lugano, which forms the core of that quarter.
Aldesago
Neighborhood
Aldesago is a village on the western slopes of the mountain of Monte Brè, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Politically the village forms part of the Brè-Aldesago quarter of the city of Lugano, although until 1972 Brè-Aldesago was an independent municipality.
Brè
- Category: village
- Location: Lugano, Lugano District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“Brè” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bre”
- Dutch: “Brè”
- French: “Brè sopra Lugano”
- French: “Bre”
- French: “Brè”
- German: “Brè sopra Lugano”
- German: “Bre”
- German: “Brè”
- Italian: “Brè sopra Lugano”
- Italian: “Bre”
- Italian: “Brè”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Brè”. Photo: MHM55, CC BY-SA 4.0.