Besazio
Besazio is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 14 April 2013, the former municipalities of Besazio, Ligornetto and Meride merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 613 residents
- Description: village and former municipality in Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
- Postal code: 6863
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museo Vincenzo Vela and Pinacoteca cantonale Giovanni Züst.
Museo Vincenzo Vela
Museum
Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museo Vincenzo Vela is an artist museum in Ligornetto, a village in the municipality of Mendrisio in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Dedicated primarily to the work of the sculptor Vincenzo Vela, it occupies the villa he built on a hillside above his native village.
Pinacoteca cantonale Giovanni Züst
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Pinacoteca cantonale Giovanni Züst is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tremona and Arzo.
Tremona
Village
Tremona was a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 5 April 2009 the municipalities of Arzo, Capolago, Genestrerio, Mendrisio, Rancate and Tremona merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.
Arzo
Village
Arzo was a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It had an area of 2.82 km2 and a population of 1,126 inhabitants.
Rancate
Village
Rancate was a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 5 April 2009 the municipalities of Arzo, Capolago, Genestrerio, Mendrisio, Rancate and Tremona merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.
Besazio
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Mendrisio, Mendrisio District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.87322° or 45° 52′ 24″ northLongitude
8.95306° or 8° 57′ 11″ eastPopulation
613Elevation
480 metres (1,575 feet)Open location code
8FQCVXF3+76OpenStreetMap ID
node 240050297OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8533645Wikidata ID
Q68801
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Besazio” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Besazio”
- Catalan: “Besazio”
- Chinese: “貝薩齊奧”
- Dutch: “Besazio”
- French: “Besazio”
- German: “Besazio”
- Hungarian: “Besazio”
- Irish: “Besazio”
- Italian: “Besazio”
- Lombard: “Besasc”
- Lombard: “Besazio”
- Malay: “Besazio”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Besazio”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Besazio”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Besazio”
- Portuguese: “Besazio”
- Romansh: “Besazio”
- Slovenian: “Besazio”
- Spanish: “Besazio”
- Swedish: “Besazio”
- Swiss German: “Besazio”
- Tosk Albanian: “Besazio”
- Turkish: “Besazio”
- Upper Sorbian: “Besazio”
- Venetian: “Besazio”
- Volapük: “Besazio”
- Waray (Philippines): “Besazio”
- Welsh: “Besazio”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fornasella and Ligornetto.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Santa Maria Immacolata Parish Church and Sant’Antonino Martire Church.
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