Cathedral of Saint Lawrence

Lugano Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Lawrence in , , . It was founded in the High Middle Ages but rebuilt in the late 15th century, with the façade completed in 1517. It is the seat of the Bishop of Lugano.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Saturday: 8:30 AM—6:30 PM
    Sunday: 8:30 AM—9:00 PM
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: Roman Catholic cathedral in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Cattedrale di San Lorenzo” and “Lugano Cathedral”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lugano Railway Station and Lugano FLP railway station.

Railway station
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is the main railway station of the city of , in the . The station is on the Gotthard railway and is also the terminus of the Lugano Città–Stazione funicular. is situated 160 metres northwest of Cathedral of Saint Lawrence.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Ticino. It is the eastern terminus of the 1,000 mm gauge Lugano–Ponte Tresa line of Ferrovie Luganesi.

Church
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Sant'Antonio Abate is a Roman Catholic church facing Piazza Dante in the city center of , Switzerland, and dedicated to Anthony the Great. Construction for the building started in 1633 and continued throughout the centuries. is situated 220 metres east of Cathedral of Saint Lawrence.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lugano and Besso.

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is a lakeside city in , the Italian-speaking part of southern , and is the largest Italian-speaking city in Switzerland and outside Italy.

Neighborhood
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is a quarter of the city of , in the . It forms the part of the city which is uphill of , and is separated from the city centre by that station and its rail approaches.

Village
is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of in .

Cathedral of Saint Lawrence

Latitude
46.00461° or 46° 0′ 17″ north
Longitude
8.94855° or 8° 56′ 55″ east
Open location code
8FRC2W3X+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 156471728
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q672526
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Western Frisian—“Cathedral of Saint Lawrence” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Catedral de Lugano”
  • Catalan: “catedral de Sant Llorenç”
  • Chinese: “圣老楞佐主教座堂”
  • Chinese: “聖老楞佐主教座堂”
  • Dutch: “Cathedral of Saint Lawrence”
  • French: “cathédrale de Lugano”
  • French: “Cathédrale de Lugano”
  • German: “Kathedrale San Lorenzo”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Lugano”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Lugano”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di San Lorenzo”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di San Lorenzo”
  • Italian: “Collegiata di San Lorenzo”
  • Italian: “Duomo di Lugano”
  • Lombard: “Catedral de Lugan”
  • Polish: “Katedra Świętego Wawrzyńca w Lugano”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de San Lorenzo”
  • Turkish: “St.Lawrence Katedrali”
  • Ukrainian: “Собор Сан-Лоренцо (Лугано)”
  • Ukrainian: “Собор Сан-Лоренцо”
  • Ukrainian: “Собор Святого лаврентія”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Laurentiuskatedraal (Lugano)”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Laurentiuskatedraal”

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Highlights include Panorama sulla città and Marco Lucchetti Art Gallery.

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