Architecture
Whether pretty stone houses, fortifications, baroque palazzi, or buildings by contemporary architects such as Mario Botta, Aurelio Galfetti, Luigi Snozzi, and Livio Vacchini, Ticino has it all.
If you want to explore the sights in more detail, you can start in the Mendrisiotto, where you will find the Ticino Academy of Architecture or several design museums. A second trip could lead to the opposite – into the valleys and up to the slopes, where the natural sites are. To simple villages built with stones and wood from the area. There, architecture lives entirely from nature.
The construction of the castles of Bellinzona followed strategic considerations. They are a unique example of alpine fortifications and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Those interested in sacred architecture will find what they are looking for in the early Christian buildings – or at the churches of Mario Botta in Mogno and on the Tamaro, which are considered exemplary for modern construction.
