The Lugano Prealps ( Prealpi Luganesi or Prealpi Lombarde Occidentali in Italian ) are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps . They are located in Canton Ticino (southern Switzerland ) and Lombardy (northern Italy ).
5-644: Sighignola is a mountain of the Lugano Prealps , located on the border between the Italian region of Lombardy and the Swiss canton of Ticino . A panoramic terrace just below the summit, and directly on the Italian side of the border, provides extensive views especially to the west, over Lake Lugano and the city of Lugano , to the Alps . For this reason, the site is often known as
10-509: The Balcone d'Italia . The eastern, Italian, slopes are relatively gentle, and the viewing terrace can be reached by road from Lanzo d’Intelvi , a frazione of the Italian comune of Alta Valle Intelvi , to the east. The slopes to the west down to Lake Lugano are much steeper, and the upper slopes are within the Swiss municipality of Arogno . However, the lakeside below the mountain is occupied by
15-604: The Po . According to SOIUSA ( International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps ) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way: Lugano Prealps' borders are (clockwise): The Lugano Prealps are divided into two subsections: which are separated by the Monte Ceneri Pass . These subsections are further divided in supergroups: The chief summits of
20-404: The Italian exclave of Campione d'Italia . In 1969 it was planned to construct a cable car from Sighignola, across the Swiss upper slopes, to Campione d'Italia. Whilst construction was started, the cable car never opened, and in 2009 an agreement was reached between the Italian and Swiss authorities to remove the remains of the cable car structure. Lugano Prealps Administratively
25-478: The Italian part of the range belongs to the provinces of Como and Varese , while the Swiss one is divided between the districts of Bellinzona , Locarno , Lugano and Mendrisio . The western slopes of the mountains are drained by the Ticino , the eastern ones by Adda and the southern-central part of them by Lambro , Olona and other minor rivers and streams, all of them directly or indirectly tributaries of
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