Mogno

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Mogno is a village in Vallemaggia District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Formerly part of the municipality of Fusio, which merged with adjoining municipalities in 2004 to form the new municipality of Lavizzara, Mogno is most noted for its modern marble and granite Church of San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist), designed by Ticinese architect Mario Botta (born 1943). The church was erected between 1994 and 1996 on the site of its 350-year old predecessor, which was levelled by an avalanche in 1986. This catastrophe also claimed several of the homes in the village, although luckily no-one was injured in this event. The village is also home to one of few remaining Ticinese watermills.

Mogno is situated near the top of Val Lavizzarra, a valley through which the upper Maggia river flows.

[edit] External links

• Vitruvio.ch - Mogno Church website

Coordinates: 46°26′N, 8°40′E