Location:
Santa Maria degli Angeli Chapel

Monte Tamaro
Canton of Ticino
Switzerland

coordinates: 46.1177368,8.8940125
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Building names(s): Santa Maria degli Angeli Chapel / Tamaro Chapel
Architect/Designer: Mario Botta
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Completion date: 1996

function(s): chapel, religious

getting there: You need to take the Cable Car from Rivera. The last lift is at 4 p.m. Details are available in English at www.montetamaro.ch or e-mail info@montetamaro.ch or call +41 91 946 2303.

To reach Rivera: By car, take the motorway A2 – exit at Rivera-Monte Ceneri. There is a parking lot for the guests of the cable car. By train: From Bellinzona or Lugano, take a local train and get off at the Rivera-Bironico station. The cable car is within walking distance.

Opening hours:

Opened daily from 27 March to 7 November 2010:
All-day opening from 8.30 a.m.- 5.p.m.
Last trip up 4.30 p.m.
Last trip down 5.00 p.m.

From 1 July to 31 August:
Last trip up 5.30 p.m.
Last trip down: Mountain-station 6.00 p.m.
Last trip down: Middle-station 6.00 p.m.

admission cost: Return cable car ride Fr. 23