Cassarate
Cassarate is a village on the northern shore of Lake Lugano, to the east of the outfall of the Cassarate River, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Politically the village forms part of the Castagnola-Cassarate quarter of the city of Lugano, although until 1972 Castagnola-Cassarate was an independent municipality under the name Castagnola.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cantonal Library of Lugano and Villa Favorita.
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 Aldesago and Viganello.
Aldesago
Neighborhood
Aldesago is a village on the western slopes of the mountain of Monte Brè, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Politically the village forms part of the Brè-Aldesago quarter of the city of Lugano, although until 1972 Brè-Aldesago was an independent municipality.
Viganello
Suburb
Viganello is a quarter of the city of Lugano, Switzerland. Viganello was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Lugano in 2004.
Castagnola
Suburb
Photo: HAL 1967, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castagnola is a village on the northern shore of Lake Lugano, below the mountain of Monte Brè, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Politically the village forms part of the Castagnola-Cassarate quarter of the city of Lugano, although until 1972 Castagnola-Cassarate was an independent municipality under the name Castagnola.
Cassarate
- Type: Suburb
- Description: village on the northern shore of Lake Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Lugano, Lugano District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.00727° or 46° 0′ 26″ northLongitude
8.9704° or 8° 58′ 13″ eastElevation
281 metres (922 feet)Open location code
8FRC2X4C+W5OpenStreetMap ID
node 240125127OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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