Bigorio Monastery

Ponte Capriasca is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Sala Capriasca is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 2001 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Cagiallo, Lopagno, Roveredo, Tesserete and Vaglio to form a new and larger municipality Capriasca.

Vaglio is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 2001 the municipality was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Cagiallo, Lopagno, Roveredo, Sala Capriasca, and Tesserete to form a new municipality, Capriasca.

Tesserete is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 1976 the neighboring municipality Campestro was incorporated into Tesserete.In 2001 Tesserete municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Cagiallo, Lopagno, Roveredo, Sala Capriasca and Vaglio to form a new and larger municipality Capriasca. The village is famous in Ticino for its Carnival "Or Penagin".

Lugaggia was a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Capriasca is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The municipality was created in 2001 by a merger of Cagiallo, Lopagno, Roveredo, Sala Capriasca, Tesserete and Vaglio.

Campestro is a village and former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Campestro was a municipality of its own until 1976, when it was incorporated into its neighboring municipality Tesserete.In turn, Tesserete municipality merged with its neighbors in 2001 to form a new and larger municipality Capriasca.

The Rivera massacre was a spree shooting that occurred on 4 March 1992, in several towns in the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Erminio Criscione, an Italian emigrant, shot six people dead and wounded six others. He hanged himself while in custody five days later.

Origlio is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Lago d'Origlio is a lake in the municipality of Origlio, in Ticino, Switzerland. Palaeobotanics studied the core of the lake sediment and discovered charcoal deposits as well as cereal pollen and invasive weeds, pointing to the first agricultural activities between 7,500 and 5,000 years ago, when people burned forests to clear space for farmland and pastures.

Taverne-Torricella railway station (Italian: Stazione di Taverne-Torricella) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The station is located on the border between the municipalities of Torricella-Taverne, Lamone and Bedano. The station is on the original line of the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway between Bellinzona and Lugano. This line has been by-passed by the Ceneri Base Tunnel since 2020, and most trains between Lugano and Bellinzona now use the base tunnel rather than passing through Taverne-Torricella station.The station is also the site of the junction for the freight-only branch to Lugano Vedeggio freight yard.

Lopagno is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 2001 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Cagiallo, Roveredo, Sala Capriasca, Tesserete and Vaglio to form a new and larger municipality Capriasca.