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Bellinzona
Coat of arms of Bellinzona
Coat of arms
Country Switzerland
Canton Ticino
District Bellinzona
Area
 • Total 19.12 km2 (7.38 sq mi)
Elevation
238 m (781 ft)
Population
 (Dec 2020 )
 • Total 43,360
 • Density 2,267.8/km2 (5,873.5/sq mi)
Postal code
6500
Localities Artore, Carasso, Daro, Ravecchia, Camorino, Claro, Giubiasco, Gnosca, Gorduno, Gudo, Moleno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Preonzo, Sant'Antonio and Sementina
Surrounded by Arbedo-Castione, Giubiasco, Gorduno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Sant'Antonio

Bellinzona ([] in French Bellinzone [] and Bilitio [] in Latin) is the capital of the Swiss Canton of Ticino. Its German name Bellenz [] is no longer in use. With about 17.300 people living there, it is the second biggest city of the canton (after Lugano, with about 52.000 people).

On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of Camorino, Claro, Giubiasco, Gnosca, Gorduno, Gudo, Moleno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Preonzo, Sant'Antonio and Sementina merged into the municipality of Bellinzona.

  • Castelgrande

    Castel Grande in Bellinzona

  • Castelli

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  • Bellinzona Altstadt

    The old town of Bellinzona; with the church


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  • Bellinzona.Wappen

    Coat of arms

  • Bellinzona Stadtmauer

    The Murata or town wall of Bellinzona

  • Catastrophe de Bellinzona

    Train disaster in Bellinzona, May 1924

  • Castelgrande Bellinzona

    Castelgrande in 2004

  • Picswiss TI-21-25

    View of the town Bellinzona from Castello Montebello

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    Piazza del Sole, post office, and station

  • Bellinzona Fernmeldedirektion detail

    Office building originally built for the Directorate of Telecommunications of the former Swiss PTT, now a business center.

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    Swiss Reformed church in Bellinzona

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    Autopostale city bus (left) and longer distance bus in Bellinzona

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    Bellinzona from above. Castelgrande

  • Three castles of Bellinzona

    Castles of Bellinzona from Sasso Corbaro

  • Ramparts Bellinzona

    Ramparts of Bellinzona connecting Castelgrande to Castello di Montebello

  • Bellinzona 066

    Castelgrande showing the walls and towers of the extensive castle

  • ChateauMontebelloBellinzona

    Montebello castle located on a rocky hilltop east of town is connected to Castelgrande by the town walls

  • Bellinzona Castello di Sasso Corbaro aussen

    Sasso Corbaro castle

  • LouisWyrschByKarlGeorgKaiser

    Louis Wyrsch, 1848

  • Ernst Brugger

    Ernst Brugger

  • Daniela Scalia action

    Daniela Scalia, 2016

  • Bellinzona 066

    Castelgrande

  • Bellinzona Montebello

    Montebello

  • Bellinzona Castello di Sasso Corbaro Turm

    Castello di Sasso Corbaro

  • Bellinzona Murata

    Town wall

  • Bellinzona SMGrazie Chiostro

    Church di S. Maria delle Grazie

  • Bellinzona Collegiata

    Collegiata dei Ss. Pietro e Stefano

  • Chiesa di San Biagio - Bellinzona

    Church of S. Biagio a Ravecchia

  • PiazzaCollegiataInverno

    Old town of Bellinzona

  • Joseph Mallord William Turner 005

    Bellinzona by J. M. W. Turner, 1841.

  • Fortini della Fame (Camorino)

    The Fortini Della Fame in Camorino

  • Chiesa di San Bernardo (Monte Carasso) IV

    Church of S. Bernardo

  • Fortini della Fame (Monte Carasso) III

    Church of SS. Trinità, part of the Fortini Della Fame in Monte Carasso

  • Monte Carasso

    Augustinian Monte Carasso Monastery

See also

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