Avegno Gordevio

Few places in Ticino have a history as closely tied to Vallemaggia’s rural settlement and stone-building traditions as Avegno Gordevio. The municipality occupies part of the lower Maggia Valley, where the Maggia flows between steep, heavily wooded slopes before continuing toward Lake Maggiore. Avegno and Gordevio were separate communes until their 2008 merger, and their older cores retain compact stone houses, narrow lanes and small cultivated plots typical of this Alpine valley. It is a useful place for understanding the transition from the lowland plain around Locarno to the more enclosed valleys of inland Ticino. Explore nearby communities to build a fuller picture of the Maggia Valley.

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