Maccagno Inferiore
District of Maccagno
Lombardy - Italy

Maggia (river)

The Maggia is a river in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The springs are near the Cristallina mountain and the river runs through the Val Sambuco, the Val Lavizzara, and the Valle Maggia, and enters Lago Maggiore between Ascona and Locarno. The village Maggia is situated on the river. The river is used for hydroelectric power production, e.g. with the dams of Lago del Narèt and Lago del Sambuco near the sources. The Maggia river is a popular scuba diving spot due to its crystal clear waters.

Located at 46.153, 8.80344 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Rivers of Ticino, Po basin, Tributaries of Lake Maggiore

Lake Maggiore

Lake Maggiore is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps. It is the second largest lake in Italy and largest lake of the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Lake Maggiore is the most westerly of the three great prealpine lakes of Italy, it extends for about 70 km between Locarno and Arona. The climate is mild in both summer and winter, producing Mediterranean vegetation, with beautiful gardens growing rare and exotic plants.

Located at 45.95, 8.63333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Lake Maggiore, Lakes of Ticino, Lakes of Piedmont, Lakes of Lombardy, Subalpine lakes of Italy, Waterways of Italy, Province of Novara, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Province of Varese, Italy–Switzerland border, International lakes of Europe

Locarno International Film Festival

The Film Festival Locarno is an international film festival held annually in August in the city of Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. After Cannes and Venice and together with Karlovy Vary, Locarno is the Film Festival with the longest history. The main feature of the festival is the open-air screening space in the Piazza Grande, with room for over 8,000 spectators, and with one of the largest open air screens in the world (26x14 metres).

Located at 46.1696, 8.79601 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Locarno International Film Festival, Film festivals in Switzerland, International film festivals, Recurring events established in 1946, Locarno, Visitor attractions in Ticino

Monte Verità

Monte Verità (literally Hill of Truth) is a hill in Ascona, which has served as the site of many different Utopian and cultural events and communities since the beginning of the twentieth century.

Located at 46.1585, 8.72484 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Intentional communities, Populated places established in 1900, Geography of Ticino, Ascona

Locarno (district)

The district of Locarno (also called Locarnese) is a district of Canton Ticino, Switzerland. It has a population of 62,275 (as of 31 December 2011).

Located at 46.1667, 8.8 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Districts of Ticino

Breno, Ticino

Breno is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 2005 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Arosio, Fescoggia, Mugena and Vezio to form a new and larger municipality Alto Malcantone.

Located at 46.0333, 8.88333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Former municipalities of Ticino, Villages in Ticino

Fescoggia

Fescoggia is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 2005 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Arosio, Breno, Mugena and Vezio to form a new and larger municipality Alto Malcantone.

Located at 46.033, 8.867 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Former municipalities of Ticino, Villages in Ticino

Mugena

Mugena is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 2005 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Arosio, Breno, Fescoggia and Vezio to form a new and larger municipality Alto Malcantone.

Located at 46.05, 8.88333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Former municipalities of Ticino, Villages in Switzerland

Vezio

Vezio is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 2005 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Arosio, Breno, Fescoggia and Mugena to form a new and larger municipality Alto Malcantone.

Located at 46.05, 8.883 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Former municipalities of Ticino, Villages in Switzerland

Sacro Monte di Ghiffa

The Sacred Mountain of Ghiffa is a Roman Catholic devotional complex in the comune of Ghiffa,, overlooking the Lake Maggiore. It is one of the nine Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, included in UNESCO World Heritage list. The dedication to the mystery of the Trinity was influenced by a pre-existing small oratory on Mount Cariago. The panoramic view over the Piedmont side of Lake Maggiore displays a high level of compositional architecture and landscape research.

Located at 45.9636, 8.615 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Piedmont, World Heritage Sites in Italy, Sacri Monti, Visitor attractions in Piedmont

Castelli di Cannero

The Castelli di Cannero are three rocky islets of Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. They are located off the shoreline of Cannero Riviera while administratively forming part of the Commune of Cannobio. They are known as castelli, or castles, in recognition of the ruined ancient fortifications which are found on two of them. Recent plans to restore one of the castles, the Rocca Vitaliana, and make it a tourist attraction have been opposed by environmental groups.

Located at 46.0239, 8.70528 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Islands of Piedmont, Islands of Lake Maggiore

Brissago Islands

The Brissago Islands are a group of two islands located in the Swiss part of Lake Maggiore close to Ronco sopra Ascona and Brissago. Both island belong to the district of Locarno, in the canton of Ticino. San Pancrazio (also known as Grande Isola) is the larger and is well known for its botanical garden. On the smaller of the islands, known as Isolino, or Isola Piccola or Isola di Sant’Apollinare, the vegetation is allowed to develop naturally.

Located at 46.1333, 8.735 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Geography of Ticino, Islands of Switzerland, Islands of Lake Maggiore, Botanical gardens in Switzerland, Gardens in Switzerland, Visitor attractions in Ticino, Brissago

Cannobino

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Located at 46.0694, 8.69833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Rivers of the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Tributaries of Lake Maggiore

Giona (river)

The Giona is a ‘torrent’, or intermittent stream, which rises on the slopes of Monte Tamaro, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. After about 2 km it enters the Italian province of Varese, foming the Val Veddasca before entering Lake Maggiore at Maccagno. Its course passes through the communes of Indemini in Switzerland and Veddasca, Curiglia con Monteviasco, Dumenza and Maccagno in Italy.

Located at 46.05, 8.73333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Po basin, Rivers of Italy, Rivers of Ticino, Rivers of Lombardy, Rivers of the Province of Varese, International rivers of Europe, Tributaries of Lake Maggiore

Tresa

The river Tresa leaves Lake Lugano at a point between Lavena Ponte Tresa in Italy and Ponte Tresa in Switzerland and flows into Lake Maggiore near Luino, a few hundred metres after joining the Margorabbia. At the outflow from Lake Lugano the river is crossed by a bridge which unites the Swiss and Italian parts of Ponte Tresa; a customs post divides them.

Located at 45.9967, 8.72667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Po basin, Rivers of Italy, Rivers of Ticino, Rivers of Lombardy, Rivers of the Province of Varese, Italy–Switzerland border, International rivers of Europe, Tributaries of Lake Maggiore

Margorabbia

The Margorabbia is a ‘torrent’—or intermittent stream—of the province of Varese in north Italy’s Lombardy, a tributary of the Tresa which it joins a few hundred metres upstream of Lake Maggiore. The source is near Valganna. After forming a number of small lakes, including Lago di Ganna and Lago di Ghirla, its course continues through the Prealps of Varese until near Cunardo it is swallowed up by a system of caves: Pont Niv, Antro dei Morti, Grotte di Villa Radaelli and Grotte del Traforo.

Located at 45.9929, 8.73231 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Po basin, Rivers of the Province of Varese

Lago Delio

Lago Delio is a lake in the Province of Varese, Lombardy, Italy. At an elevation of 930 m, its surface area is 4.85 km². It serves as the upper reservoir for the pumped-storage Roncovalgrande Hydroelectric Plant.

Located at 46.0783, 8.75529 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Lakes of Lombardy

Stadio del Lido

Stadio del Lido is a football stadium in Locarno, Switzerland. It is the home ground of FC Locarno and has a capacity of 1,000. The stadium has 1,000 seats and 10,000 standing places.

Located at 46.1627, 8.80154 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Ticino, Football venues in Switzerland

Isorno (river)

The Isorno is an Italian and Swiss river, a tributary of the Melezzo Orientale. Its source is in Italy near Pioda di Crana. It passes through Bagni, a frazione of Craveggia, then entering Switzerland it flows through Onsernone, Mosogno, Isorno and Intragna, where it joins the Melezzo Orientale. Its valley, although easily reached from Lugano, Bellinzona, Domodossola and Locarno, is one of the wildest in Switzerland, and there is a proposal to institute a national park like that of Engadin.

Located at 46.1833, 8.71667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Po basin, Rivers of Switzerland, Rivers of Ticino, Rivers of the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola

Madonna del Sasso, Switzerland

The Madonna del Sasso is a sanctuary in Orselina above the city of Locarno in Switzerland. It is the principal sight and goal of pilgrimage in the city. The founding of the sanctuary goes back to a vision of the Virgin Mary that the Franciscan brother Bartolomeo d'Ivrea experienced in the night of 14/15 August 1480. The interior is highly decorated, and a platform gives a magnificent view of the city.

Located at 46.1753, 8.79306 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Places of worship in Switzerland, Marian shrines, Buildings and structures in Ticino, Cultural property of national significance in Ticino, Visitor attractions in Ticino

Monte Pian Nave

Monte Pian Nave is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy.

Located at 45.9489, 8.71944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Mountains of Lombardy

Arcumeggia

Arcumeggia (Arcümégia in local dialect) is a fraction of the municipality of Casalzuigno in the province of Varese, in Italy.

Located at 45.9172, 8.71694 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Frazioni of the Province of Varese, Former municipalities of Lombardy

Visconteo Castle (Locarno)

Visconteo Castle Italian: Castello Visconteo is a castle in Locarno, Switzerland. In January 2004, the Italian historian Marino Vigano speculated that it may have been designed by Leonardo da Vinci.

Located at 46.1679, 8.7933 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Castles in Switzerland, Locarno, Buildings and structures in Ticino

Luino railway station

Luino is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Oleggio–Pino railway, it serves the town of Luino. Luino railway station is a frontier station between the Italian network, managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, and the Swiss network, managed by SBB-CFF-FFS.

Located at 45.9969, 8.73722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Railway stations in Lombardy, Ticino rapid transit railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1882

Ponte Tresa railway station

Ponte Tresa is a railway station in the municipality of Ponte Tresa in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The station is the terminus of the metre gauge Lugano–Ponte Tresa railway (FLP), from Lugano. The station is served by FLP trains on line S60 of the Ticino rapid transit network, which operate every 15 minutes between Lugano and Ponte Tresa, with trains every 30 minutes at weekends and evenings. Autopostale buses connect the station to Luino, Monteggio and Novaggio.

Located at 45.9697, 8.86 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Railway stations in Ticino, Ticino rapid transit railway stations