SWITZERLAND – Ticino (Lugano, Locarno, Bellinzona)

Switzerland – Ticino (Lugano, Locarno, Bellinzona) September 17, 2019

Andermatt. A NM “small town”, this more properly should be in the Switzerland – Ticino (Lugano, Locarno, Bellinzona) region as it is reached most easily from there.

Giornico. A NM “small town”, this is truly tiny with a couple of stone churches.
Santa Maria Assunta Convent (Claro Abbey), Claro. Take a long meandering road 4.6 km up to this convent that sits on a rock promontory high above the town.

THREE CASTLES, DEFENSIVE WALL and RAMPARTS of the MARKET TOWN of BELLINZONA
Montebello Castle. Sitting above the town to the south, this double-moated castle has a large central keep and odd “fish-tail” crenellations. The outer ramparts descend down the hill. 5, 3 reduced, 10 for all 3 castles.
Sassi Corbaro Castle

NOMAD MANIA Switzerland – Ticino (Lugano, Locarno, Bellinzona)
World Heritage Sites
Monte San Giorgio
Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona
Tentative WHS
Forets primaires de hetres des Carpates
Sights (Temporarily Reinstated)
Lake Lugano vistas
Mario Botta’s Mountain Church, Mogno
Borders
Italy-Switzerland
Switzerland (lake)
XL
Ticino south of Lake Lugano (Mendrisio)
Museums
Bellinzona: Museo Civico Villa dei Cedri
Chiasso: M.A.X. Museum
Curio: Museo del Malcantone
Locarno: Ghisla Art Collection
Mendrisio: Baumgartner Museum
Rancate: Pinacoteca Züst
Castles, Palaces, Forts
Airolo: Airolo Fort
Bellinzona: Bellinzona Castles
Religious Temples
Castel San Pietro: The Red Church
Claro: Santa Maria Assunta Convent (Claro Abbey)
Mogno: Mario Botta’s Mountain Church (San Giovanni Battista)
Orselina: Madonna del Sasso
Modern Architecture Buildings: Blenio: Luzzone Dam
Entertainment/Things to do
Diga di Luzzone climbing wall
Verzasca Dam bungee, Ticino
Botanical Gardens: Brissago: Ticino Botanical Gardens
Theme Parks: Melide: Swissminiatur
Pedestrian Bridges: Lavertezzo : Pont des Sauts

European Cities
LUGANO
Airports: Lugano (LUG)
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Lugano: Funicolare Cassarate – Monte Brè
Museums
Art Museum of Italian Switzerland
Natural History Museum

Villages and Small Towns
Aquila
Bosco Gurin
Carona
Gandria
Giornico
Lavertezzo
Morcote
Rasa
Sonogno