Gentilino

Gentilino ( Gentilin in the local dialect ) was a parish of the canton of Ticino. Until April 4, 2004 Gentilino was an independent municipality, but then was summarized in a church reform with Agra and Montagnola to the new community Collina d' Oro.

Personalities

• Pasquale Lucchini ( born April 7, 1798 in Arasio ( Collina d' Oro ), † February 23, 1892 in Lugano), engineering
• Hermann Hesse, writer, Nobel Prize

Attractions

Sacred buildings

• Church of Sant'Abbondio
• Beibhaus
• Stations of the Cross
• Neo-classical cemetery
• Oratory of San Pietro
• Oratorio di Gesù Presentazione al Tempio, in the district of Ca ' di Sotto
• Oratory of San Giovanni Evangelista in the district Viglio.

Civil buildings

• Residence Somazzi with decorations
• Neoclassical Villa Donini
• Villa of Pasquale Lucchini
• Palace Bora because Besa, architect: Americo Marazzi
• Villa Argentina, in the district " Viglio ," Pieta with fresco on the portal