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Monte Verità

AsconaBuildings and structures in TicinoHills of EuropeLake MaggioreMountains of Ticino
Populated places established in 1900Tourist attractions in TicinoUtopian communities
ETH BIB Ascona, Monte Verita LBS H1 009100
ETH BIB Ascona, Monte Verita LBS H1 009100

Monte Verità (Italian; German 'Berg Wahrheit', meaning "Mount Truth" or "Mountain of Truth") is a 321 metres above sea level high hill and a cultural-historical ensemble in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The site is in the municipality of Ascona, about half a kilometre north-west of the old town. Monte Verità, located on Lake Maggiore, was a well-known meeting place for the life-reformers (Lebensreform), pacifists, artists, writers and supporters of various alternative movements in the first decades of the 20th century. After 1940 the place lost its importance. An attempt at a revival in the late 1970s met with very limited success. Monte Verità was originally the name of the local "nature healing sanctuary sun sanatorium" (Naturheilstätte Sonnen-Kuranstalt) established on the hill Monte Monescia and can be found for the first time in a brochure published in 1902. In the period that followed, the name Monte Verità was also transferred to the entire hill formerly known as Monte Monescia.

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Monte Verità
Via ai Monti, Circolo dell'Isole

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N 46.158477777778 ° E 8.7248416666667 °
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6622 Circolo dell'Isole
Ticino, Switzerland
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ETH BIB Ascona, Monte Verita LBS H1 009100
ETH BIB Ascona, Monte Verita LBS H1 009100
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