Brè-Aldesago

Brè-Aldesago is a quarter of the city of Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It occupies the slopes and summit of Monte Brè, and contains the mountain villages of Brè, to the east of the summit, and Aldesago, to the west.

Photo: Hadi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Village
Description: quarter of the city of Lugano, canton of Ticino, Switzerland
Also known as: “Brè”, “Brè sopra Lugano”, and “Bre-Aldesago”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chiesa dei Santi Simone e Fedele and Monte Brè.

Chiesa dei Santi Simone e Fedele

Church

Photo: HAL 1967, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chiesa dei Santi Simone e Fedele is a church.

Monte Brè

Peak

Photo: Parpan05, CC BY 3.0.

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.

San Vigilio Parish Church

Church

Photo: HAL 1967, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gandria and Aldesago.

Gandria

Village

Photo: Oberpepe, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gandria is both a quarter of the city of Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino, and a village on the northern shore of Lake Lugano, which forms the core of that quarter.

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.

Cureggia

Hamlet

Cureggia is a quarter of the city of Lugano, Switzerland. Cureggia was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Lugano in 2004.

Brè-Aldesago

Categories: quarter of the city of Lugano, former municipality of Switzerland, neighborhood, and locality
Location: Lugano, Lugano District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.01149° or 46° 0′ 41″ north

Longitude

8.99682° or 8° 59′ 49″ east

Open location code

8FRC2X6W+HP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 832055733

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

Wikidata ID

Q1433358

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Brè-Aldesago” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Brè-Aldesago”
French: “Brè-Aldesago”
German: “Brè-Aldesago”
Irish: “Brè-Aldesago”
Italian: “Brè-Aldesago”
Lombard: “Brè-Aldesagh”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Brè-Aldesago”
Turkish: “Brè-Aldesago”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Crus and Carbonera.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Museum Wilhelm Schmid and Zona svago Brè.

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