Menzonio: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
Medee di Pietro and Pizzo Malora are located in the vicinity of Menzonio. Travellers who pay attention to specific landscape references when choosing a location can assign both names to the area surrounding the village. For those wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Menzonio, the selection begins with the village itself.
Landscape
Pizzo Mascarpino and Cima di Cuaschia are located in the area surrounding Menzonio.
The settlement lies on a terrace about 100 metres above the river. It is described as being surrounded by forests and mountains; terraced slopes rise towards the mountains.
Culture and History
Piantèd, a former year-round inhabited hamlet about 100 metres above Menzonio, can only be reached on foot. Since 1993, the hamlet has been run and renovated as an ecovillage organised as a cooperative. Those interested in historic hamlets and communally organised places will find a clearly identifiable cultural connection here.
The former independent municipality of Menzonio merged with Lavizzara on 4 April 2004; Menzonio remains an independent citizens' municipality.
Since 1991, the oratory has housed a permanent exhibition by the artist Gianfredo Camesi.
The village centre includes a parish church and an oratory dedicated to the Madonna Assunta.
The celebration associated with the Madonna Assunta on 15 August is described as Menzonio's most important village festival; the oratory contains votive paintings.
Geographical Location
Menzonio is a district of the municipality of Lavizzara in Ticino, Switzerland.
Menzonio lies at an elevation of 731 metres above sea level on a terrace at the beginning of the Valle Lavizzara.
Orientation
Menzonio is described as a remote settlement hidden from traffic on the valley floor; the connection to the cantonal road was not established until 1949.
To the overarching travel overview: Vallemaggia.
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