Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Situated at the southern tip of the south-west arm of Lake Como, the city is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Milan; the city proper borders Switzerland and the communes of Blevio, Brunate, Capiago Intimiano, Casnate con Bernate, Cernobbio, Grandate, Lipomo, Maslianico, Montano Lucino, San Fermo della Battaglia, Senna Comasco, Tavernerio ...
Lake Como (Italian: Lago di Como [ˈlaːɡo di ˈkɔːmo], locally [a]), also known as Lario, [b] is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of 146 square kilometres (56 sq mi), making it the third-largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore .
Cernobbio (Comasco: Cernòbi [tʃerˈnɔbi]) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Como, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Milan and about 2 kilometres (1 mi) northwest of Como, on the border with Switzerland and near Lake Como. The highest peak is the Monte Bisbino, at 1,325 metres (4,347 ft).
Strada statale 36 del Lago di Como e dello Spluga is an Italian state highway 87.4 kilometres (54.3 mi) long in Italy located in the region of Lombardy. It is the major road in Lombardy. It is the major road in Lombardy.
The lake is 48.7 km 2 (18.8 sq mi) in size, 63% of which is in Switzerland and 37% in Italy. It has an average width of roughly 1 km (0.62 mi) and a maximum width of about 3 km (1.9 mi) at the bay of Lugano. A maximum depth of 288 m (945 ft) is found in the northern basin. The culminating point of the lake's drainage basin is the Pizzo di Gino ...
Bellagio (Italian: [belˈlaːdʒo]; Comasco: Belàs) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region of Lombardy.It is located on Lake Como, also known by its Latin-derived name Lario, whose arms form an inverted Y.
Basel (/ ˈ b ɑː z əl /, BAH-zəl; German: ⓘ), also known as Basle, [note 1] is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the River Rhine (at the transition from the High to the Upper Rhine). [4] Basel is Switzerland's third-most-populous city (after Zurich and Geneva), with 177,595 inhabitants within the city municipality limits. [5]
It connects to the Autostrada A8 at Lainate, near Milan, and it reaches Como, on the Lake Como, and Chiasso, on the Italy–Switzerland border, where it connects to the Swiss road network (Gotthard Motorway). It is a part of the E35 European route. Autostrada A9 is commonly defined, together with the Autostrada A8, as the "Autostrada dei Laghi".