Lavizzara
Lavizzara is a municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It is the only municipality in the valley. The municipality was created in 2004 by a merger of Broglio, Brontallo, Fusio, Menzonio, Peccia and Prato-Sornico.
- Type: Village with 487 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Broglio TI”, “CH5323”, “Fusio”, “Lavizzara TI”, “Menzonio”, “Peccia”, “Prato”, “Prato Sornico”, “Prato Vallemaggia”, “Prato-Sornico”, and “Sornico”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno and Pizzo di Brünesc.
Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno
Church
Pizzo di Brünesc
Peak
Pizzo di Brünesc is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Cavergno, in the canton of Ticino. Pizzo di Brünesc is situated 4 km southwest of Lavizzara.
Pizzo del Piatto di Röd
Peak
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peccia and Mogno.
Fusio
Village
Lavizzara
- Categories: municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Vallemaggia District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.4095° or 46° 24′ 34″ north
Longitude
8.6466° or 8° 38′ 48″ east
Population
487
Elevation
1,734 metres (5,689 feet)
Open location code
8FRCCJ5W+RJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Lavizzara” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Lavizzara”
- Basque: “Lavizzara”
- Breton: “Lavizzara”
- Bulgarian: “Лавизара”
- Catalan: “Lavizzara”
- Cebuano: “Lavizzara”
- Chinese: “拉維扎拉”
- Chinese: “拉维扎拉”
- Czech: “Lavizzara”
- Dutch: “Lavizzara”
- Esperanto: “Lavizzara”
- French: “Lavizzara”
- German: “Lavizzara”
- Hungarian: “Lavizzara”
- Irish: “Lavizzara”
- Italian: “Lavizzara”
- Lombard: “Lavizzara”
- Malay: “Lavizzara”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lavizzara”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lavizzara”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Lavizzara”
- Polish: “Lavizzara”
- Portuguese: “Lavizzara”
- Romansh: “Lavizzara”
- Silesian: “Lavizzara”
- Slovak: “Lavizzara”
- Spanish: “Lavizzara”
- Swedish: “Lavizzara”
- Swiss German: “Lavizzara”
- Turkish: “Lavizzara”
- Ukrainian: “Лавідзара”
- Ukrainian: “Лавіццара”
- Upper Sorbian: “Lavizzara”
- Venetian: “Lavizzara”
- Volapük: “Lavizzara”
- Waray (Philippines): “Lavizzara”
- Welsh: “Lavizzara”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ganne di Peccia and Taièul Alto.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: K·38 and Oratorio Madonna del Carmine.
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Worth a closer look: Lugano and Bellinzona.
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