Castagnola
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.Photo: HAL 1967, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: quarter and former municipality in the city of Lugano in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Castagnola (Lugano)”, “Castagnola TI”, and “Castagnola, Switzerland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Villa Favorita and San Giorgio Parish Church.
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 Cassarate.
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.
Cassarate
Suburb
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.
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
- Categories: village, former municipality of Switzerland, city district, and locality
- Location: Lugano, Lugano District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.0013° or 46° 0′ 5″ northLongitude
8.978° or 8° 58′ 41″ eastOpen location code
8FRC2X2H+G5OpenStreetMap ID
node 2247740482OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q25238183
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Turkish—“Castagnola” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Castagnola”
- French: “Castagnola (Lugano)”
- French: “Castagnola TI”
- French: “Castagnola”
- German: “Castagnola (Lugano)”
- German: “Castagnola TI”
- German: “Castagnola”
- Hebrew: “קסטניולה”
- Italian: “Castagnola (Lugano)”
- Italian: “Castagnola TI”
- Italian: “Castagnola”
- Latvian: “Kastanjola”
- Latvian: “Kastaņola”
- Turkish: “Castagnola”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Piazza Carlo Cattaneo and Ex Municipio.
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