Piazza Dante Alighieri

Piazza Dante Alighieri is in Lugano, Ticino. Piazza Dante Alighieri is situated nearby to the church Sant’Antonio Abate, Lugano, as well as near the tourism office Infopoint.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sant’Antonio Abate, Lugano and Cathedral of Saint Lawrence.

Sant’Antonio Abate, Lugano

Church

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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.

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 200 metres west of Piazza Dante Alighieri.

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 330 metres west of Piazza Dante Alighieri.

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.

Besso

Neighborhood

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Besso is a quarter of the city of Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It forms the part of the city which is uphill of Lugano railway station, and is separated from the city centre by that station and its rail approaches.

Piazza Dante Alighieri

Type: Pedestrian zone
Location: Lugano, Lugano District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.00497° or 46° 0′ 18″ north

Longitude

8.95108° or 8° 57′ 4″ east

Open location code

8FRC2X32+XC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 304786709

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=pedestrian

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