Loreto
Loreto is a quarter of the city of Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It forms the part of the city which surrounds the shrine of Our Lady of Loreto to the south of the city center, and includes the Lake Lugano waterfront south of the city centre but north of Paradiso.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: quarter of the city of Lugano, canton of Ticino, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Loreto, Switzerland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santa Maria di Loreto Church and Museum of Cultures.
Museum of Cultures
Museum
Photo: Alessia Borellini, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museo delle Culture di Lugano was opened on 23 September 1989 with the aim of preserving most of the ethnic art collected by Serge Brignoni and coming in particular from the Far East, India, South-East Asia, Indonesia and Oceania.
MASI Lugano
Museum
Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0.
The Swiss–Italian Art Museum, commonly known as MASI Lugano, MASILugano or MASI, is an art museum predominantly featuring 20th-century and contemporary art in Lugano, Switzerland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sorengo and Paradiso.
Sorengo
Village
Photo: Galeotto1974, Public domain.
Sorengo is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Paradiso
Village
Photo: Pascalbrax, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paradiso is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It lies on the shore of Lake Lugano and, although administratively independent of the city of Lugano, it is surrounded on all other sides by that city.
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.
Loreto
- Categories: suburb and quarter of the city of Lugano
- Location: Lugano, Lugano District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“Loreto” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Loreto”
- French: “Loreto”
- German: “Loreto”
- German: “Lugano-Loreto”
- Italian: “Loreto”
- Italian: “Lugano-Loreto”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Museo d’Arte and Collezione Giancarlo e Danna Olgiati.
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