Fiesso
District of
Canton Ticino - Switzerland

Mettlen–Lavorgo powerline

The Mettlen–Lavorgo powerline, also called the Lukmanier powerline, is the 400 kV three-phase alternating current high voltage electric power transmission line over the Lukmanier Pass in Switzerland, from Mettlen to Lavorgo. Trees falling on the line in 2003 caused a major blackout in Italy.

Located at 46.572, 8.79 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.261 miles away.
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Electric power lines, Electric power infrastructure in Switzerland

Valascia

Valascia is an indoor sporting arena located in Ambrì, Switzerland. The capacity of the arena is 7,000 and was built in 1959. It is the home arena of the HC Ambri-Piotta ice hockey team of the Swiss Hockey League. The ends of arena are open air, making a hockey being played there partially outdoor.

Located at 46.5092, 8.69194 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.256 miles away.
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Indoor ice hockey venues in Switzerland

Leventina (district)

The district of Leventina is one of the eight districts of the largely Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The capital of the district is Faido but the largest town is Airolo at the beginning or at the end of the valley. Situated to the north of the canton, its territory covers the area of the Ticino River as far south as Biasca, in particular the valleys of Val Bedretto and Valle Leventina.

Located at 46.4833, 8.8 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.256 miles away.
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Districts of Ticino

Mogno

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. Formerly part of the municipality of Fusio, which merged with adjoining municipalities in 2004 to form the new municipality of Lavizzara. In the 17th Century it possessed 50 taxable fireplaces. By 1801, the population had dropped to just 40 inhabitants.

Located at 46.4333, 8.66667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.251 miles away.
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Villages in Ticino

Lake Cadagno

Lake Cadagno is a meromictic lake in the Piora valley, Switzerland. As one of a few meromictic lakes in Europe, it is the object of numerous scientific studies. The Piora valley - located in the Gotthard massif (central Swiss Alps) in the Southern part of Switzerland near Airolo at an altitude of 2000 m above sea level - is a landlocked alpine valley whose scientific value has been recognized for more than two centuries. In the past, the lake was used as a reservoir.

Located at 46.5497, 8.71139 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.259 miles away.
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Lakes of Ticino, Meromictic lakes, Reservoirs in Switzerland

Lago del Sambuco

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.

Located at 46.4633, 8.65056 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.253 miles away.
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Lakes of Ticino, Reservoirs in Switzerland, Arch dams

Lago Ritom

Lago Ritom is a small lake in the Piora valley, Ticino, Switzerland. The natural lake is used as a reservoir by the Swiss Federal Railways to generate hydro-electric power for the Gotthard line. The first dam was built in 1918 and, in 1950, its height was increased by 23 m. The lake can be reached by funicular from Piotta 786 m below. The track with a length of 1369 m has a maximum inclination of 87.8%, the highest in Europe. The lake's surface area is 1.49 km² at an elevation of 1850 m.

Located at 46.54, 8.68917 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.258 miles away.
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Lakes of Ticino, Reservoirs in Switzerland

Lai da Sontga Maria

Lai da Sontga Maria is a lake, located north of the Lukmanier Pass in Switzerland. It lies almost entirely in the municipality of Medel, a tiny fraction of the south-west part of the lake belonging to the municipalities of Quinto and Blenio. The reservoir has a surface area is 1.77 km². The arch dam Santa Maria was completed in 1968. The main road of the Lukmanier Pass runs along the eastern shore of the lake.

Located at 46.575, 8.79583 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.262 miles away.
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Lakes of Switzerland, Lakes of Graubünden, Lakes of Ticino, Reservoirs in Switzerland, Graubünden–Ticino border

Lago di Morghirolo

Lago di Morghirolo is a lake in Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 9.25 ha. The lake can be reached by foot from Dalpe or Polpiano.

Located at 46.4491, 8.719 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.252 miles away.
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Lakes of Ticino

Lago Tremorgio

Lago Tremorgio is a mountain lake above Rodi and Fiesso, in the municipality of Prato Leventina in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.39 km². The lake can be reached by aerial cable car from Rodi.

Located at 46.4792, 8.72028 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.254 miles away.
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Lakes of Ticino

Lago di Tom

Lago di Tom is a lake in the Piora Valley, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Its surface area is 0.13 km².

Located at 46.5506, 8.68944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.259 miles away.
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Lakes of Ticino

Fusio

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.

Located at 46.4333, 8.65 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.251 miles away.
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Former municipalities of Ticino, Villages in Ticino

Prato, Vallemaggia

Prato is a village and former municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Prato was a municipality of its own until 1864, when it merged with its neighbor Sornico to form the new municipality Prato-Sornico. In turn, Prato-Sornico municipality merged with its neighbors in 2004 to form a new and larger municipality Lavizzara.

Located at 46.4667, 8.75 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.254 miles away.
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Former municipalities of Ticino, Villages in Switzerland

Ambrì

Ambrì is a town in the municipality of Quinto, Leventina, Switzerland. Other towns close to Ambrì includes Piotta, Airolo and Fiesso.

Located at 46.5, 8.68333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.256 miles away.
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Villages in Ticino

Lago di Mognola

Lago di Mognola is a lake above Fusio in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is located at an elevation of 2003 m.

Located at 46.4303, 8.68861 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.251 miles away.
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Lakes of Ticino

Church of San Giovanni Battista, Mogno

The Church of San Giovanni Battista (Italian: Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista; German: Kirche 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 (from 1626), which was levelled by an avalanche in 1986. The church is named after St. John the Baptist. The new church was designed by the Swiss architect Mario Botta who used marble and granite from the valleys of the area.

Located at 46.4306, 8.66333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.251 miles away.
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Churches in Switzerland, Buildings and structures in Ticino

Ambri Airport

Ambri Airport is a Swiss general aviation airport. It located near the village of Ambri, in the municipality of Quinto and the canton of Ticino. Ambri serves the surrounding area and is home to a gliding school, a helicopter base and has sufficiency for VFR flying. The airport is situated in the steep-sided alpine valley of the Ticino river. It is flanked to the north by the A2 motorway and the river, and to the south by the Gotthard railway and the villages of Ambri and Piotta.

Located at 46.5131, 8.68944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.256 miles away.
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Airports in Switzerland, Buildings and structures in Ticino

Rein da Medel

The Rein da Medel is the longest headwater of the Rhine. It is located in the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Graubünden and flows trough the valleys Val Cadlimo and Val Medel. Rein da Medel is the local Sursilvan, name in Graubünden, which is commonly used to denote the Ticino part as well. The most important places along the river are the villages Curaglia and Platta in the municipality of Medel.

Located at 46.5694, 8.69556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.260 miles away.
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Rhine, Rivers of Europe

Rein da Curnera

The Rein da Curnera is a right tributary of the Anterior Rhine and one of the main tributaries of the Rhine. It is fed from multiple sources and glaciers at the southern end of the valley. The river is about 8 kilometers long and flows north through the Val Curnera. Approximately in the middle of its route, a dam was constructed by Kraftwerke Vorderrhein AG (the local hydropower company). At this point, the Rein da Curnera takes up a left tributary, the Rein da Maighels.

Located at 46.5817, 8.71528 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.261 miles away.
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Rhine, Rivers of Europe, Rivers of Switzerland, Geography of Graubünden

Rein da Maighels

The Rein da Maighels is one of the main tributaries of the Rhine and is a tributary to the Rein da Curnera. The firm Kraftwerke Vorderrhein AG has built a hydropower dam creating a reservoir, called the Lai da Curnera, into which both rivers now flow. The origin of the Rein da Maighels is the Maghels Glacier (Romansh: Glatscher da Maighels) on the Piz Ravetsch near the point where the cantons of Graubünden, Ticino and Uri meet.

Located at 46.5874, 8.69247 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.262 miles away.
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Rhine, Rivers of Europe, Rivers of Switzerland

Faido railway station

Faido is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Faido. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, on the southern ramp up to the Gotthard Tunnel. The station is served by an hourly InterRegio train between Locarno and Arth-Goldau, which continues alternately either to Basel SBB or to Zürich HB, and by a small number of trains on line S10 of the Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia (TILO), which operate between Airolo and Chiasso.

Located at 46.4825, 8.79033 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.255 miles away.
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Railway stations in Ticino, Swiss Federal Railways stations, Ticino rapid transit railway stations

Ambrì-Piotta railway station

Ambrì-Piotta is an infrequently served railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Quinto. It takes its name from the nearby communities of Ambrì and Piotta. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, on the southern ramp up to the Gotthard Tunnel. The station is served by a few trains on line S10 of the Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia (TILO), which operate southbound to Bellinzona, Lugano and Chiasso, and northbound to Airolo.

Located at 46.5104, 8.69053 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.256 miles away.
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Railway stations in Ticino, Swiss Federal Railways stations, Ticino rapid transit railway stations

Piotta, Switzerland

Piotta is a village in the municipality of Quinto in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Piotta is the location of the base station of the Funicolare del Ritom. Along with the neighbouring village of Ambrì, Piotta is served by the infrequently served Ambrì-Piotta railway station on the Gotthard railway.

Located at 46.5124, 8.67285 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.256 miles away.
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Villages in Ticino

Ritom funicular

The Ritom funicular (Italian: Funicolare del Ritom) is a funicular railway in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It links a lower terminus at Piotta, in the valley of the Ticino River near the southern portal of the Gotthard Tunnel, with an upper terminus at Piora, a 1 kilometre walk from Ritom Lake.

Located at 46.5171, 8.67524 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.257 miles away.
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Funicular railways in Switzerland, Metre gauge railways in Switzerland, Transport in Ticino, Railway lines opened in 1921

Carì

Carì (formerly known as Maiensäss) is a village in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Ticino. The village is situated in the northern part of the canton, in the Leventina valley, above Faido. It belongs to the latter municipality. Carì sits on a sunny terrace at a height of 1,642 metres above sea level, on the southern flanks of Pizzo di Campello. Since 1950, the village has developed into one of the most popular alpine tourist resorts of the canton.

Located at 46.4936, 8.81667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.256 miles away.
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Villages in Ticino, Ski areas and resorts in Switzerland