Tesserete

Tesserete is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.

Aerial view (1950)

In 1976 the neighboring municipality Campestro was incorporated into Tesserete.[1]

In 2001 Tesserete municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Cagiallo, Lopagno, Roveredo, Sala Capriasca and Vaglio to form a new and larger municipality Capriasca.

The village is famous in Ticino for its Carnival "Or Penagin".[2]

References
  1. "Historisiertes Gemeindeverzeichnis". Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  2. "A Tesserete inizia il regno di Or Penagin" (in Italian). 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2021-10-12.

46°04′N 8°58′E

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