Castagnola is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
on the northern shore of
Lake Lugano
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Lake Lugano ( it, Lago di Lugano or , from la, Ceresius lacus; lmo, Lagh de Lugan) is a glacial lake which is situated on the border between southern Switzerland and northern Italy. The lake, named after the city of Lugano, is situated ...
, below the mountain of
Monte Brè
Monte Brè (925 m) is a small mountain east of Lugano on the flank of Monte Boglia (1,516 m) with a view of the bay of Lugano and the Pennine Alps and the Bernese Alps. It is considered one of the sunniest points in Switzerland.
Since 1912, t ...
, in the
Swiss canton of Ticino. Politically the village forms part of the
Castagnola-Cassarate quarter of the
city of Lugano, although until 1972 Castagnola-Cassarate was an independent municipality under the name Castagnola.
Castagnola was first recorded in 1335 as ''Castigniola''.
Amongst its notable residents is the artist
Angela Lyn.
and
Latvian poet couple
Rainis
Rainis was the pseudonym of Jānis Pliekšāns (September 11, 1865 – September 12, 1929), a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include the classic plays ''Uguns un nakts'' (''Fire and Night'', 1905) and ''Ind ...
and
Aspazija
Aspazija was the pen name of Elza Johanna Emilija Lizete Pliekšāne (née Elza Rozenberga; 16 March 1865 – 5 November 1943), a Latvian poet and playwright. Aspazija is the Latvian transliteration of Aspasia.
Biography
Aspazija was born ...
, who lived here from 1905–20.
Carlo Cattaneo, Italian writer and philosopher, died here in 1869.
References
Villages in Ticino
Lugano
Populated places on Lake Lugano
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