Name: Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Herz-Jesu-Basilika)
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Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Herz-Jesu-Basilika)

Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Herz-Jesu-Basilika)

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Location: Ticino, Switzerland

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1. Villa Ciani – View of Lake Lugano Promenade loop from Quartiere Maghetti

6.22km

01:36

30m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Lugano Lake Promenade – Lugano loop from Paradiso

10.2km

02:41

90m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. View of Lugano – Lugano Lake Promenade loop from Molino Nuovo

4.89km

01:16

30m

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Wiro L.

January 19, 2020

In the eighteenth century, on the initiative of the canon Giulio Rusca, a small chapel with frescoes and the portrait of the Madonna was built in this room. Because of its success as a place of pilgrimage, an oratory with two altars was built in 1726, one dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Holy Virgin and the other to the martyr Nepomuceno. This complex is called the "Church of the Madonnetta" and since 1747 the Brotherhood of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, founded the year before, has been working there. In the early years of the twentieth century, Don Annibale Lafranchi decided to expand the building due to the demographic development of the faithful. The plans are slowed down and almost destroyed by the project of the new city plan, which provides for the demolition of the church. The saved church was expanded between 1922 and 1927 according to a project by the architects Enea Tallone (1876-1937) and Silvio Soldati (1876-1937) and became today's Sacred Heart Basilica. The title Basilica Minor was won by Pope Pius XII in 1952. awarded. The building was partially included in the "Cantonal list of historical and artistic monuments of the Canton of Ticino" in 1963.

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April 10, 2021

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Elevation 280 m

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Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Herz-Jesu-Basilika)

1. Villa Ciani – View of Lake Lugano Promenade loop from Quartiere Maghetti

2. Lugano Lake Promenade – Lugano loop from Paradiso

3. View of Lugano – Lugano Lake Promenade loop from Molino Nuovo

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