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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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″ north

Longitude

8.95144° or 8° 57′ 5″ east

Inception

1633

Open location code

8FRC2X32+XH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 156471732

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=yes

Wikidata 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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