Astano

Look at Astano with church in background

Astano is a municipality in the district of Sessa, in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Geography

Astano situated between Lago di Lugano and Lago Maggiore from Monte Lema on the Swiss- Italian border. The town is the starting point of many hiking trails through the Malcantone.

Population

Ortsbürgergemeinde

Board of Directors

  • President: Antonello Airaghi
  • Vice President: Antonello Campana
  • Members: Romano Delprete
  • Secretary: Marco Morandi

Personalities

  • Domenico Trezzini (* 1670 in Astano, † 1734 in Saint Petersburg ), architect in the service of the Czar Peter I.
  • Agostino Demarchi, State Council and Council of States
  • Giovanni Antonio Demarchi, Architect
  • Giuseppe Trezzini, Architect
  • Pietro Trezini, Builder
  • Giacomo Donati (* 1822 in Astano, † 1876 in Lugano ), painter
  • Ugo Donati, antiquary
  • Alberto Camenzind, Architect
  • Eugenio Schmid Hauser, Mayor
  • Rico Bacchetta, builder, Honorary Members
  • Carlo Piccardi (* June 21, 1942 Astano ), musicologist
  • Michel Delprete ( born December 14, 1944 in Bienne ), a painter, sculptor
  • Stefano Donati ( born February 20, 1954 in Sorengo ), painter, body art

Attractions

  • Parish church of Santi Pietro e Paolo, ossuary and Stations of the Cross
  • Oratory Sant'Antonio Abate
  • Oratory Sant'Agata, in the district of " Costa "
  • Residence Ca'da Roma
  • Residence Convento Vecchio
  • Residence Antonietti - Camenzind
  • Albergo della Posta
  • The small lake with the summer beach ..

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