Ticino
Lugano District
Lugano

Caprino

Caprino is a on the southern shore of in the , to the east of the exclave of and below the summit of .
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: village on the southern shore of Lake Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino
  • Also known as: “Caprino, Switzerland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Casinò di Campione and San Zenone.

Casino
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The is one of 's oldest casinos, as well as Europe’s largest casino and the largest employer in the municipality of , an exclave within 's Canton of , on the shores of .

Museum
Photo: Nello Bizzoco, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum.

Church
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Campione d’Italia and Castagnola.

Photo: Oleg Andriychuk, CC BY 3.0.
Campione d'Italia is a comune of the in the region of . Located on the shores of , it is an enclave surrounded by the canton of .

Suburb
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is a on the northern shore of , below the mountain of , in the . Politically the village forms part of the Castagnola-Cassarate quarter of the , although until 1972 Castagnola-Cassarate was an independent municipality under the name .

Village
Photo: Pascalbrax, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the in . It lies on the shore of and, although administratively independent of the , it is surrounded on all other sides by that city. is situated 2½ km west of Caprino.

Caprino

Latitude
45.98356° or 45° 59′ 1″ north
Longitude
8.97923° or 8° 58′ 45″ east
Elevation
320 metres (1,050 feet)
Open location code
8FQCXXMH+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 291211056
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
11113915
Wiki­data ID
Q223227
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Italian—“Caprino” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Caprino”
  • Dutch: “Caprino, Switzerland”
  • German: “Caprino TI”
  • German: “Caprino”
  • Hungarian: “Caprino”
  • Italian: “Caprino”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Caprino”. Photo: Waldteufel78, CC BY-SA 4.0.