Gentilino
Gentilino | |
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Church of Sant'Abbondio, in Gentilin | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Gentilino | |
Gentilino Gentilino | |
| Coordinates: 45°59′29″N 8°55′56″E / 45.99139°N 8.93222°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Ticino |
| District | Lugano |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.22 km2 (0.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 388 m (1,273 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6925 |
| SFOS number | 5185 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-TI |
| Website | website missing SFSO statistics |
Gentilino is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland, close to Lake Lugano and the city of Lugano.
The local Church of Sant'Abbondio (in Italian: Chiesa di Sant'Abbondio a Gentilino - not to be confused with the Swiss municipality of Sant'Abbondio above Lake Maggiore, or the Basilica of Sant'Abbondio in Lombardy, Italy) dates from the eleventh century. The cemetery of Sant'Abbondio is the resting place of Hugo Ball, Bruno Walter, and Hermann Hesse. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
In 2004, the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Agra and Montagnola to form a new and larger municipality Collina d'Oro.