Castagnola, Switzerland
Village in Ticino, Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the village of Castagnola. For the former municipality of Castagnola, see Castagnola-Cassarate.
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.[1]
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Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Ticino |
District | Lugano |
City | Lugano |
Quarter | Castagnola-Cassarate |
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Castagnola was first recorded in 1335 as Castigniola.[1]
Amongst its notable residents is the artist Angela Lyn.[2] and Latvian poet couple Rainis and Aspazija, who lived here from 1905–20. Carlo Cattaneo, Italian writer and philosopher, died here in 1869.