Monte Lema
Monte Lema is a mountain of the Lugano Prealps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Its summit can easily reached by cable car from the village of Miglieglia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Monte Rogoria and Santo Stefano al Colle Church and Ossary.
Monte Rogoria
Peak
Photo: Galbirona, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Monte Rogoria is a mountain of the Lugano Prealps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy, north of Astano, at the foot of the Monte Lema.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Miglieglia and Breno.
Miglieglia
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Miglieglia is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 6 April 2025, the former municipalities of Astano, Bedigliora, Curio, Miglieglia and Novaggio merged to form the new municipality of Lema.
Breno
Village
Photo: Elvezio, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Breno is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 2005 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Arosio, Fescoggia, Mugena and Vezio to form a new and larger municipality Alto Malcantone.
Curiglia con Monteviasco
Village
Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Curiglia con Monteviasco is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 110 kilometres northwest of Milan and about 70 kilometres northwest of Varese in the Val Veddasca, on the border with Switzerland.
Monte Lema
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,620 metres
- Description: Mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Lema, Lugano District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.04052° or 46° 2′ 26″ northLongitude
8.83284° or 8° 49′ 58″ eastElevation
1,620 metres (5,315 feet)Open location code
8FRC2RRM+64OpenStreetMap ID
node 289568860OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Monte Lema” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Monte Lema (bukid sa Swisa)”
- Cebuano: “Monte Lema”
- Chinese: “萊馬山”
- Dutch: “Monte Lema”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت ليما”
- French: “Mont Lema”
- French: “monte Lema”
- Georgian: “მონტე-ლემა”
- German: “Monte Lema”
- Italian: “Monte Lema”
- Japanese: “モンテ・レマ”
- Ladin: “Monte Lema”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Monte Lema”
- Russian: “Монте-Лема”
- Spanish: “Monte Lema”
- Swedish: “Monte Lema”
- Venetian: “Monte Lema”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Monte Lema and Forcora d’Arasio.
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