Riva San Vitale

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Riva San Vitale is a historic lakeside municipality in the Swiss canton of Ticino, situated at the southern tip of Lake Lugano near the Italian border.

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Label Occurrences
Riva San Vitale canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
municipality
borders Brusino Arsizio
Capolago
Maroggia
Melano
Mendrisio
Meride
Rancate
Tremona
canton Canton of Ticino
surface form: Ticino
climate temperate climate influenced by Lake Lugano
contains historic village core
coordinatesType geographic coordinates in the northern hemisphere
country Switzerland
district Mendrisio
surface form: Mendrisio District
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 273 metres
hasEconomicActivity services
small-scale industry
tourism
hasHeritageSite Baptistery of Riva San Vitale
Church of Santa Croce
Parish Church of San Vitale
hasHistoricalSignificance one of the oldest Christian sites in Switzerland
hasLakeShore Lake Lugano
hasMunicipalGovernment Municipality of Riva San Vitale
hasReligiousBuilding Baptistery of Riva San Vitale
Church of Santa Croce
Parish Church of San Vitale
hasTransportConnection road network of Mendrisio district
hasViewOf Monte San Giorgio
heritageStatus part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
ISO3166-2 CH-TI
locatedAtSouthernTipOf Lake Lugano
locatedIn Lugano Prealps
surface form: Lugano Prealps region

southern Switzerland
southern part of Canton Ticino
locatedNear Italian border
locatedOn Lake Lugano
near Capolago-Riva San Vitale railway station
surface form: Capolago–Riva San Vitale railway station
officialLanguage Italian
partOf Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
surface form: Swiss Confederation
postalCode 6826
region Sottoceneri
religionTraditionally Roman Catholicism
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time

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Capolago neighboringMunicipality Riva San Vitale
Mendrisio hasNeighboringMunicipality Riva San Vitale
Maroggia borders Riva San Vitale