Radice Quadrata

Radice Quadrata is a stone in Airolo, Leventina District, Ticino. Radice Quadrata is situated nearby to the stone Colpo di Fulmine, as well as near Belfagor.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gotthard Pass and Chastelhorn.

Gotthard Pass

Mountain saddle

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The Gotthard Pass or St. Gotthard Pass at 2,106 m is a mountain pass in the Alps traversing the Saint-Gotthard Massif and connecting northern Switzerland with southern Switzerland. Gotthard Pass is situated 3 km south of Radice Quadrata.

Chastelhorn

Peak

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The Chastelhorn is a 2,973 metres high mountain in the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Hospental in the canton of Uri. The northern flanks are covered by a glacier named St. Chastelhorn is situated 3 km east of Radice Quadrata.

Lago di Lucendro

Reservoir

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Lago di Lucendro is a reservoir at the St. Gotthard Pass in the municipality of Airolo of the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. The dam Lucendro with a height of 73 m was completed in 1947. Lago di Lucendro is situated 3 km southwest of Radice Quadrata.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swiss Alps and Hospental.

Swiss Alps

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The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.