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Bigorio Monastery (German: ''Kapuzinerkloster Bigorio'', Italian: ''Convento di Santa Maria Assunta'') is a Capuchin monastery in the village of Bigorio, in
Monastery website
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Bigorio Monastery (German: ''Kapuzinerkloster Bigorio'', Italian: ''Convento di Santa Maria Assunta'') is a Capuchin monastery in the village of Bigorio, in Capriasca
Capriasca is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
The municipality was created in 2001 by a merger of Cagiallo, Lopagno, Roveredo, Sala Capriasca, Tesserete and Vaglio.canton of Ticino
Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...
, Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. It was founded in 1535 as the first seat of the Capuchins in Switzerland.
See also
*Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
The Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage.
Sites of national importance
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External links
Monastery website
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