Diga del Sambuco
Diga del Sambuco is a dam in Lavizzara, Vallemaggia District, Ticino. Diga del Sambuco is situated nearby to the village Fusio, as well as near the lake Lago del Sambuco.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lago del Sambuco and Santa Maria Assunta Church.
Lago del Sambuco
Lake
Photo: Plattens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lago del Sambuco is a reservoir above Fusio, in the municipality of Lavizzara, Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.11 km². The dam of Sambuco on the Maggia River was completed in 1956. Its maximum height is 130 m and length 363 m.
Santa Maria Assunta Church
Church
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Santa Maria Assunta Church is situated 1¼ km south of Diga del Sambuco.
Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno
Church
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The Church of San Giovanni Battista is located in the alpine village of Mogno in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It was built between 1994 and 1996 on the site of an older church, which was levelled by an avalanche in 1986. Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno is situated 3 km south of Diga del Sambuco.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fusio and Mogno.
Fusio
Village
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Fusio is a village and former municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 2004 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Broglio, Brontallo, Menzonio, Peccia and Prato-Sornico to form a new and larger municipality Lavizzara.
Mogno
Village
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Mogno is a village in Vallemaggia District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Mogno is situated near the top of Val Lavizzara, a valley through which the upper Maggia River flows. Mogno is situated 3 km south of Diga del Sambuco.
Peccia
Village
Photo: Claudio Vosti, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Peccia is one of six small Swiss municipalities which merged in April 2004 to form the commune of Lavizzara, with about 1000 people. The other municipalities were Broglio, Brontallo, Fusio, Menzonio, and Prato-Sornico. Peccia is situated 5 km south of Diga del Sambuco.
Diga del Sambuco
- Type: Dam
- Location: Lavizzara, Vallemaggia District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.45554° or 46° 27′ 20″ northLongitude
8.66015° or 8° 39′ 37″ eastInception
1956Height
130 metres (427 feet)Operator
OFIMAOpen location code
8FRCFM46+63OpenStreetMap ID
way 815735540OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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