Menzonio: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
Accommodation in Menzonio
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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