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Must See

INSIDER TIP
The Tibetan
Bridge
From the Bellinzona
suburbs, a funicular
will carry you through
chestnut woods up into
Monte Carasso. A pleas­
ant circular hike leads to
the spectacular Carasc
wooden Tibetan bridge,
anchored with flex ible
cables. It hangs above
the Sementina Valley,
and offers sweep ing
views over the treetops
to the town.

castles. The crenellated walls
4 "' linking Castello di Montebello, 5 "'\
Castello di Montebello to the east of the town, and Castello di Sasso
Castelgrande, to the west, Corbaro
⌂ Via Artore 4 # Hours
vary, check website created a formidable defence ⌂ Via Sasso Corbaro 44
sys tem across the valley. The
∑ bellinzonese-altoticino.ch # Hours vary, check
views from the castle are website ∑ bellinzonese-
Consisting of a 13th-century spectacular; on a clear day altoticino.ch
keep and a 15th-century resi- you can see as far as Lake
dential palace surrounded by Maggiore (p234). A museum, in Castello di Sasso Corbaro is the
walls, this fortress is the most the keep, contains archaeolo- youngest of the town’s three
complex of Bellinzona’s three gical artifacts from the vicinity. fortresses. It was built in 1479
to the design of Benedetto
Ferrini, after the Swiss had
Bellinzona defeated the Milanese at the
VIALE PORTO N E V. CANCELLIERE MOLO VIA PEDEMONTE Battle of Giornico, thus increas-
Station
VELA
ing the threat to Ticino. The
MARZIO
VIA CAMPO
VIA VINCENZO
D'ALBERTI
VIA VINCENZO
Monte Carasso funicular VIALE STAZIONE fortress, a tall quad rilateral
2 km (1.2 miles) PIAZZA res idential tower and square
DEL SOLE
Castelgrande V. AI RO NCHI ram parts, is set on an elevated
V. CODEBORGO VIA PIAN L ORENZO headland on the east side of
VIALE STAZIONE
Lift
PIAZZA Chiesa Collegiata the town, and com mands wide
COLLE- dei Pietro e Stefano views across the Ticino valley
SALITA AL CA STE L G R A N D E
GIATA all the way to Lake Maggiore.
V. CANONICO GHIRINGHELLI Palazzo Civico INDIPEN- Chiesa di San Rocco V IA A R TOR E 6 "
PIAZZA
Old
GOVERNO
Town
Castello di
Montebello
V I A A R T O R E
VIA BEN E DETT O F ERRINI
VIA DOGANA
PIAZZA
NIZZOLA
DENZA
VIALE S. FRANSCINI
Villa dei Cedri
V. GIOVANNI
Castello di
V I A L U G A N O VIA F. BONZANIGO VICOLO CRACCO VIA SASSO CO R B ARO ⌂ Piazza San Biagio 9
VIA NOCCA
Sasso Corbaro
# 2–6pm Tue–Fri, 10am–
6pm Sat & Sun ∑ villa
V. BRENNO BERTONI
cedri.ch
Chiesa VIA F. PEDO TTI V. S AS S O CORBARO Overlooking a vineyard, this
Santa Maria Chiesa di Neo-Renaissance villa is the
delle Grazie San Biagio VIA RAVECCHIA town’s art gallery. On display
VIA OSPEDALE VIA OSPEDALE
Villa dei VIA S. BIAGIO VIA BELSOGGIORNO are 19th- and 20th-century
Cedri C A R RALE BACILIERI paintings and prints, including
works by Giovanni Segantini.
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