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Valsolda is a comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) of c. 1,600 inhabitants in the Province of Como

Province of Como

The Province of Como is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and Lecco to the East, the Province of Milan to the south and the Province of Varese to the West...

in the Italian

Italy

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region Lombardy

Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

, located about 60 km north of Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

and about 25 km north of Como

Como

Como is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....

, on the border with Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

.

Valsolda consists of Cressogno, San Mamete, Albogasio, Oria, and Santa Margherita on the shores of Lake Lugano

Lake Lugano

Lake Lugano is a glacial lake in the south-east of Switzerland, at the border between Switzerland and Italy. The lake, named after the city of Lugano, is situated between Lake Como and Lago Maggiore...

, as well as Loggio, Drano, Puria, Dasio and Castello on the mountains above. It was the set of the works of Antonio Fogazzaro

Antonio Fogazzaro

Antonio Fogazzaro was an Italian novelist.-Biography:Fogazzaro was born in Vicenza to a rich family.In 1864 he got a law degree in Turin...

, including Piccolo mondo antico
Piccolo mondo antico
Piccolo mondo antico , also known as Old-Fashioned World , is a 1941 Italian drama film directed by Mario Soldati and based on the 1895 novel by Antonio Fogazzaro...

and Malombra; his house in Oria is still visitable.

Valsolda borders the following municipalities: Cadro

Cadro

Cadro is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:Cadro is first mentioned in 735 as Cadelo. Under the Lombards kings, Cadro was mentioned in connection with the Totoniden from Campione d'Italia as a Vicus in 854. Some of the major landholders...

(Switzerland), Cimadera

Cimadera

Cimadera is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:Cimadera is first mentioned in 1422 as cima d'Era. The village was originally an alpine herding camp for the inhabitants of Treciore which was part of the town of Sonvico. After the plague of...

(Switzerland), Claino con Osteno

Claino con Osteno

Claino con Osteno is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about north of Como...

, Lanzo d'Intelvi

Lanzo d'Intelvi

Lanzo d'Intelvi is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about north of Como, on the border with Switzerland...

, Lugano

Lugano

Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...

(Switzerland), Porlezza

Porlezza

Porlezza is a comune on Lake Lugano in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km north of Milan and about 25 km north of Como...

, Ramponio Verna

Ramponio Verna

Ramponio Verna is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km north of Milan and about 20 km north of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 420 and an area of 4.9 km²....

, Sonvico

Sonvico

Sonvico is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:Sonvico is first mentioned in 1146 as Summo Vico. In 1206 it was mentioned as Somovico....

(Switzerland), Val Rezzo

Val Rezzo

Val Rezzo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km north of Milan and about 30 km north of Como, on the border with Switzerland...

and Villa Luganese

Villa Luganese

Villa Luganese is a district of the city of Lugano, Switzerland. Villa Luganese was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Lugano in 2008.-External links:*...

(Switzerland).

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