Lugano
Lugano was the name of a canton of the Helvetic Republic from 1798 to 1803, with its capital at Lugano. The canton unified the former Landvogteien of Lugano, Mendrisio, Locarno and Valmaggia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 62,600 residents
- Description: canton of the Helvetic Republic
- Also known as: “Canton of Lugano” and “CH5192”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cornaredo Stadium and Lugano Railway Station.
Cornaredo Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Vincenzo.togni, CC BY 4.0.
Cornaredo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Lugano, Switzerland. It is used mostly for football matches. It is a home ground of FC Lugano. The stadium has a capacity of 6,330.
Lugano Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Hp.Baumeler, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lugano railway station is the main railway station of the city of Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The station is on the Gotthard railway and is also the terminus of the Lugano Città–Stazione funicular.
Monte Brè
Peak
Monte Brè is a small mountain east of Lugano on the flank of Monte Boglia with a view of the bay of Lugano and the Pennine Alps and the Bernese Alps. It is considered one of the sunniest points in Switzerland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lugano and Campione d’Italia.
Lugano
Photo: Jjtkk, Public domain.
Lugano is a lakeside city in Ticino, the Italian-speaking part of southern Switzerland, and is the largest Italian-speaking city in Switzerland and outside Italy.
Campione d’Italia
Photo: Oleg Andriychuk, CC BY 3.0.
Campione d'Italia is a comune of the Province of Como in the Italian region of Lombardy. Located on the shores of Lake Lugano, it is an enclave surrounded by the Swiss canton of Ticino.
Massagno
Village
Massagno is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Lugano
- Category: canton of the Helvetic Republic
- Location: Lugano District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Tosk Albanian—“Lugano” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “кантон Лугана”
- Belarusian: “Лугана (кантон)”
- Belarusian: “Лугана”
- Catalan: “cantó de Lugano”
- Cebuano: “Lugano (munisipyo)”
- Dutch: “Lugano”
- French: “canton de Lugano”
- French: “Canton de Lugano”
- French: “Lugano”
- Galician: “Cantón de Lugano”
- German: “Kanton Lugano”
- German: “Lugano”
- Italian: “Cantone di Lugano”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lugano”
- Norwegian: “Lugano”
- Romansh: “Chantun Lugano”
- Russian: “Кантон Лугано”
- Russian: “Лугано”
- Slovenian: “Kanton Lugano”
- Swiss German: “Kanton Lugano”
- Tosk Albanian: “Kanton Lugano”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lido di Lugano and Thyssen-Bornemisza. Fondazione.
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