Miscellaneous News from Ticino - Camping Tamaro

BELLINZONA E
ALTO TICINO
The village of religious
testimonies
THE REGION OF BIASCA COULD ALMOST PASS
FOR AN OPEN-AIR MUSEUM: SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
ROMANIC BUILDINGS CAN BE FOUND HERE.
The church of San Pietro in Biasca
dates from the twelfth century.
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The small stone churches with their modest, austere architecture
and the distinctive clock tower represent the art of construction
in Catholic Ticino like nothing else. In the Biasca region,
you can find particularly impressive examples from the Romanic
period, but also buildings from the Renaissance.
AN IMPRESSIVE WAY
OF THE CROSS
The Romanic church of San Pietro in Biasca, dating from the
12th century, occupies a place of national importance in terms of
construction. From here, there is an idyllic 30 minute Way of the
Cross to the 16th century Oratorium Santa Petronilla which is also
very close to the waterfall of the same name. Also worth seeing in
the small village of Biasca is the stately home “Cavalier Pellanda”,
in a definite Renaissance style. It is now used as a museum.
In the region of Biasca, the road to discovery goes further.
Here, the choice ranges from the 12th to the 16th centuries, from
chapels in splendid viewpoints to the Romanic villages of Loderio,
Cresciano and Osogna, to the monastery of Claro. Anyone wanting
to move on a little further (to the North) will be rewarded by the
cultural and historical jewels of the church of San Nicolao in
Giornico.