Bellinzona
Bellinzona is a city in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Ticino, at the foot of the Alps and traversed by the Ticino River. It preserves its medieval atmosphere while offering modern services.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bellinzona Railway Station and Stadio Comunale.
Bellinzona Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Extrawurst, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bellinzona railway station serves the town of Bellinzona, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is on the Swiss Federal Railways' Gotthard line. The station is nicknamed Porta del Ticino since the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in 2016.
Stadio Comunale
Stadium
Stadio Comunale Bellinzona is a multi-use stadium in Bellinzona, Switzerland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of AC Bellinzona.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Giubiasco and Sementina.
Giubiasco
Village
Photo: Luca Mascaro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Giubiasco is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of Camorino, Claro, Gnosca, Gorduno, Gudo, Moleno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Preonzo, Sant'Antonio and Sementina merged into the municipality of Bellinzona.
Sementina
Village
Photo: WPestana, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sementina is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It ceased to exist on 2 April 2017 when it and the municipalities of Camorino, Claro, Giubiasco, Gnosca, Gorduno, Gudo, Moleno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Preonzo, and Sant'Antonio were merged into the municipality of Bellinzona.
Bellinzona
- Type: Locality with 43,300 residents
- Also known as: “CH5002”
- Location: Bellinzona District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.2° or 46° 11′ 60″ northLongitude
9.0225° or 9° 1′ 21″ eastPopulation
43,300Elevation
229 metres (751 feet)Open location code
8FRF52XF+X2GeoNames ID
7285189
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Bellinzona” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Belinkona”
- Arpitan: “Belinzona”
- Belarusian: “Горад Белінцона”
- Bulgarian: “Белиндзона”
- Chinese: “貝林佐納”
- Esperanto: “Belinzono”
- Hebrew: “בלינצונה”
- Japanese: “ベッリンツォーナ”
- Korean: “벨린초나”
- Latin: “Bilitio”
- Lithuanian: “Belincona”
- Lombard: “Belinzona”
- Persian: “بلانزونا”
- Piemontese: “Belinzòna”
- Russian: “Беллинцона”
- Serbian: “Белинцона”
- Ukrainian: “Беллінцона”
- Venetian: “Belanzana”
- Western Panjabi: “بیلنزونا”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Montebello Castle and Raiffeisen bank of Bellinzona.
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