Contra, Paese

Contra, Paese is a bus stop in Tenero, Locarno District, Ticino. Contra, Paese is situated nearby to the village Gordemo, as well as near Gordola.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Locarno Film Festival and Tenero railway station.

Locarno Film Festival

Recreation area

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The Locarno International Film Festival is a major international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, short, avant-garde, and retrospective programs. Locarno Film Festival is situated 4 km southwest of Contra, Paese.

Tenero railway station

Railway station

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Tenero railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Tenero-Contra, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Giubiasco–Locarno line of Swiss Federal Railways. Tenero railway station is situated 1½ km southeast of Contra, Paese.

Contra Dam

Dam

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The Contra Dam, commonly known as the Verzasca Dam and the Locarno Dam, is an arch dam on the Verzasca River in the Val Verzasca of Ticino, Switzerland. Contra Dam is situated 1 km northeast of Contra, Paese.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gordemo and Gordola.

Gordemo

Village

Gordemo is a hillside village in Locarno District, Switzerland, to the northwest of Gordola. It is notably located close to the Verzasca Dam, about 800 metres downstream in the valleyside.