Maria Assunta

Maria Assunta is a church in Lugano, Ticino which is located on Scalinata alla Torretta. Maria Assunta is situated nearby to the peak Monte Brè, as well as near the church Cappella San Antonio.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monte Brè and Chiesa dei Santi Simone e Fedele.

Monte Brè

Peak

Photo: Parpan05, CC BY 3.0.

Monte Brè is a small mountain east of Lugano on the flank of Monte Boglia with a view of the bay of Lugano and the Pennine Alps and the Bernese Alps. It is considered one of the sunniest points in Switzerland.

Chiesa dei Santi Simone e Fedele

Church

Photo: HAL 1967, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chiesa dei Santi Simone e Fedele is a church, which is situated 660 metres east of Maria Assunta.

Villa Favorita

Park

Photo: HAL 1967, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Villa Favorita is a park, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Maria Assunta.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aldesago and Brè-Aldesago.

Aldesago

Neighborhood

Aldesago is a village on the western slopes of the mountain of Monte Brè, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Politically the village forms part of the Brè-Aldesago quarter of the city of Lugano, although until 1972 Brè-Aldesago was an independent municipality.

Brè-Aldesago

Village

Photo: Hadi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brè-Aldesago is a quarter of the city of Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It occupies the slopes and summit of Monte Brè, and contains the mountain villages of Brè, to the east of the summit, and Aldesago, to the west.

Castagnola

Suburb

Photo: HAL 1967, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Castagnola is a village on the northern shore of Lake Lugano, below the mountain of Monte Brè, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Politically the village forms part of the Castagnola-Cassarate quarter of the city of Lugano, although until 1972 Castagnola-Cassarate was an independent municipality under the name Castagnola.

Maria Assunta

Type: Church
Address: Scalinata alla Torretta 17, Brè sopra Lugano, 6979
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Lugano, Lugano District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.00907° or 46° 0′ 33″ north

Longitude

8.98744° or 8° 59′ 15″ east

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Open location code

8FRC2X5P+JX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 368609013

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

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