Monte Rogoria (also known as ''Monte Rogorio'' or ''Motto Croce'') is a mountain of the

Lugano Prealps The Lugano Prealps (''Prealpi Luganesi'' or ''Prealpi Lombarde Occidentali'' in Italian) are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Canton Ticino (southern Switzerland) and in Lombardy (northern Italy). Geography A ...

, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy, north of

Astano Astano is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. History Astano is first mentioned in 1272 as ''Astanum''. The old village center has some architecturally notable buildings, such as the Ca' da Roma. ...

, at the foot of the

Monte Lema Monte Lema (1,621 m) is a mountain of the Lugano Prealps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Its summit can easily reached by cable car from the village of Miglieglia (Ticino). SOIUSA classification According to the SOIUSA ...

. The summit and the majority of the mountain are in the

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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 . ...

, whilst a part of the north-western flank lies in the

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Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

. It has an elevation of 1,184

metres above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...

. The view from the summit of the mountain encompasses the

Lake Maggiore Lake Maggiore (, ; it, Lago Maggiore ; lmo, label=Western Lombard, Lagh Maggior; pms, Lagh Magior; literally 'Greater Lake') or Verbano (; la, Lacus Verbanus) is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps. It is the second largest la ...

, the

Borromean Islands The Borromean Islands (It. ''Isole Borromee'') are a group of three small islands and two islets in the Italian part of Lago Maggiore, located in the western arm of the lake, between Verbania to the north and Stresa to the south. Together totalling ...

and the

Monte Rosa massif : , other_name = Monte Rosa massif , translation = Mount Rose , photo = Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa) and Monte Rosa Glacier as seen from Gornergrat, Wallis, Switzerland, 2012 August.jpg , photo_caption = Central Mon ...

. There is no official hiking trail leading to the summit itself, but there are trails to the

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''Forcola'' respectively ''Passo di Monte Faëta'' at an altitude of 1,117 metres located close to the summit plateau. Starting points are: Astano,

Miglieglia Miglieglia (; lmo, Mijoja) is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. History Numerous, but inconclusive archaeological findings indicate that there may have been a Roman era settlement near the current ...

and

Dumenza Dumenza is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about north of Varese, on the border with Switzerland. The municipality of Dumenza contains the ''frazion ...

.Translated from the German Wikipedia article ''Monte Rogoria''

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* * Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Ticino Mountains of Lombardy Mountains of Switzerland One-thousanders of Switzerland Italy–Switzerland border {{Ticino-mountain-stub