Montagnola
Montagnola is a small Swiss village in Collina d'Oro municipality. Located in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, it is close to the border between Switzerland and Italy. It looks over Lake Lugano and the city of Lugano upon it.
Verbania listen (Lombard: Verbania, Piemontese: Verbania) is a city and comune (commune) on the shore of Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, in northwest Italy, about 91 km (57 mi) north-west of Milan and about 40 km (25 mi) from Locarno in Switzerland.
Population: 31,070
Latitude: 45° 55' 16.90" N
Longitude: 8° 33' 6.59" E
Montagnola is a small Swiss village in Collina d'Oro municipality. Located in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, it is close to the border between Switzerland and Italy. It looks over Lake Lugano and the city of Lugano upon it.
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