Bedretto
Bedretto is a municipality and a village in the Val Bedretto, the upper most part of the river Ticino. It belongs to the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 101 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Bedretto TI”
- Postal code: 6781
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pizzo Rotondo and Witenwasserenstock.
Pizzo Rotondo
Peak
Photo: Luram8, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pizzo Rotondo is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps. At 3,190 metres above sea level, it is the highest mountain lying on the border between the cantons of Ticino and Valais, as well as the highest summit of the Lepontine Alps lying between Nufenen Pass and Lukmanier Pass. Pizzo Rotondo is situated 3½ km west of Bedretto.
Witenwasserenstock
Peak
Photo: TonnyB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Witenwasserenstock is a peak between the Swiss cantons of Valais and Uri, located in the Lepontine Alps. Close to the summit lies the tripoint border between the cantons of Valais, Uri and Ticino and the triple watershed of the Rhine, Po and Rhône basins. Witenwasserenstock is situated 3½ km northwest of Bedretto.
Pizzo Lucendro
Peak
Photo: Elvezio, Public domain.
Pizzo Lucendro is a 2,963-metre-high mountain in the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Uri and Ticino. It overlooks St. Gotthard Pass and Lake Lucendro on its east side. Pizzo Lucendro is situated 3½ km north of Bedretto.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villa Bedretto and Fontana.
Fontana
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fontana is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km east of Bedretto.
Swiss Alps
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.
Bedretto
- Categories: Municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Bedretto, Leventina District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.50593° or 46° 30′ 21″ northLongitude
8.51147° or 8° 30′ 41″ eastPopulation
101Elevation
1,403 metres (4,603 feet)Open location code
8FRCGG46+9HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1322937257OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2661582Wikidata ID
Q67035
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Bedretto” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Bedretto”
- Basque: “Bedretto”
- Breton: “Bedretto”
- Bulgarian: “Бедрето”
- Catalan: “Bedretto”
- Cebuano: “Bedretto”
- Chinese: “貝德雷托”
- Chinese: “贝德雷托”
- Czech: “Bedretto”
- Dutch: “Bedretto”
- Esperanto: “Bedretto”
- French: “Bedretto”
- German: “Bedretto”
- German: “Ossasco”
- German: “Ronco Bedretto”
- Hungarian: “Bedretto”
- Irish: “Bedretto”
- Italian: “Bedretto”
- Italian: “Villa Bedretto”
- Korean: “베드레토”
- Latin: “Bedoledus”
- Lombard: “Bedret”
- Lombard: “Bedrett”
- Lombard: “Bedretto”
- Lombard: “Bidree”
- Lombard: “Büdree”
- Luxembourgish: “Bedretto”
- Malay: “Bedretto”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bedretto”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bedretto”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bedretto”
- Polish: “Bedretto”
- Portuguese: “Bedretto”
- Romansh: “Bedretto”
- Russian: “Бедретто”
- Spanish: “Bedretto”
- Swedish: “Bedretto”
- Swiss German: “Bedretto”
- Tosk Albanian: “Bedretto”
- Turkish: “Bedretto”
- Ukrainian: “Бедретто”
- Upper Sorbian: “Bedretto”
- Venetian: “Bedretto”
- Volapük: “Bedretto”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bedretto”
- Welsh: “Bedretto”
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