Arzo
Arzo was a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It had an area of 2.82 km2 and a population of 1,126 inhabitants.- Type: Village with 1,260 residents
- Description: village and former municipality in Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
- Postal code: 6864
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santi Nazario e Celso Parish Church and former school «la Rotonda» and Museo Vincenzo Vela.
Museo Vincenzo Vela
Museum
Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museo Vincenzo Vela is an artist museum in Ligornetto, a village in the municipality of Mendrisio in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Dedicated primarily to the work of the sculptor Vincenzo Vela, it occupies the villa he built on a hillside above his native village.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Besazio and Saltrio.
Besazio
Village
Besazio is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 14 April 2013, the former municipalities of Besazio, Ligornetto and Meride merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.
Saltrio
Village
Photo: Ottantafame, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saltrio is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 kilometres northwest of Milan and about 9 kilometres northeast of Varese, on the border with Switzerland.
Tremona
Village
Tremona was a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 5 April 2009 the municipalities of Arzo, Capolago, Genestrerio, Mendrisio, Rancate and Tremona merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.
Arzo
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Mendrisio, Mendrisio District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.87526° or 45° 52′ 31″ northLongitude
8.93987° or 8° 56′ 24″ eastPopulation
1,260Elevation
503 metres (1,650 feet)United Nations Location Code
CH AZOOpen location code
8FQCVWGQ+4WOpenStreetMap ID
node 575192133OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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