Sant’Antonio Abate, Lugano
Sant'Antonio Abate is a Roman Catholic church facing Piazza Dante in the city center of Lugano, Switzerland, and dedicated to Anthony the Great. Construction for the building started in 1633 and continued throughout the centuries.Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: church building in Lugano in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Chiesa di Sant’Antonio Abate” and “Sant‘ Antonio Abate Church”
- Address: Piazza Dante Alighieri 9, Lugano, 6900
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cathedral of Saint Lawrence and Lugano Railway Station.
Cathedral of Saint Lawrence
Church
Photo: Elvezio, Public domain.
Lugano Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Lawrence in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland. 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. Cathedral of Saint Lawrence is situated 220 metres west of Sant’Antonio Abate, Lugano.
Lugano Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Hp.Baumeler, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lugano railway station is the main railway station of the city of Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The station is on the Gotthard railway and is also the terminus of the Lugano Città–Stazione funicular. Lugano Railway Station is situated 360 metres west of Sant’Antonio Abate, Lugano.
Chiesa di S. Maria Immacolata
Church
Photo: Domi-schnitz64, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chiesa di S. Maria Immacolata is a church, which is situated 110 metres northwest of Sant’Antonio Abate, Lugano.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lugano and Molino Nuovo.
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.
Molino Nuovo
Suburb
Photo: Bongo-exe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Molino Nuovo is a quarter of the city of Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It lies to the north of the city center, and is the most populous quarter of the city. In 2012, it had a population of 9,258.
Massagno
Village
Massagno is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Sant’Antonio Abate, Lugano
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Lugano, Lugano District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.00489° or 46° 0′ 18″ northLongitude
8.95144° or 8° 57′ 5″ eastInception
1633Open location code
8FRC2X32+XHOpenStreetMap ID
way 156471732OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q3672672
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“Sant’Antonio Abate, Lugano” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Chiesa di Sant’Antonio abate”
- German: “Chiesa di Sant’Antonio Abate”
- German: “Chiesa di Sant’Antonio”
- German: “Kirche Sant’Antonio Abate”
- German: “Kirche St. Antonius Lugano”
- Italian: “chiesa di S. Antonio”
- Italian: “chiesa di Sant’Antonio Abate”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Sant’Antonio Abate”
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