Gentilino

Gentilino is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland, close to Lake Lugano and the city of Lugano.

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Instance of: neighborhood
Country: Switzerland
Located in: Collina d'Oro
Elevation: 388
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Image: GentilinoEvening.JPG
Dialing code: 091
Licence plate code: TI

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Commons category: Gentilino
postal code: 6925
replaced by: Collina d'Oro
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Gentilino is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland, close to Lake Lugano and the city of Lugano.

The local Church of Sant'Abbondio (in Italian: ''Chiesa di Sant'Abbondio a Gentilino'' - not to be confused with the Swiss municipality of Sant'Abbondio above Lake Maggiore, or the Basilica of Sant'Abbondio in Lombardy, Italy) dates from the eleventh century. The cemetery of Sant'Abbondio is the resting place of Hugo Ball, Bruno Walter, and Hermann Hesse. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

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