🏛️ Monuments in Ticino

Castelgrande is a castle in Bellinzona, also known as castel vecchio, castello di San Michele or castello d'Uri, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 together with the castles of Montebello and Sasso Corbaro and the town walls.

At Castello dei Griglioni in Ticino the original ground plan is only faintly recognisable as the site has been built over with modern construction; three of the four corner towers of the former curtain wall survive, and both gates remain visible. The castle is private property.

Castello dei Marcacci is a palace in the Swiss canton of Ticino.

Castello di Montebello in Bellinzona was previously known as Castello piccolo, nuovo and di mezzo, later Castello di Svitto and finally Castello di San Martino; since 2000 it has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage listing together with Castelgrande and Sasso Corbaro, and today houses the archaeology section of the Museo Civico.

Castello di Morcote in Ticino is an accessible fortified castle dating from 1100.

Venne espugnato dai Milanesi verso il 1124 e poi prob. distrutto. In seguito venne ricostruito e nel 1350 furono eseguiti diversi lavori di ristrutturazione per ordine del vescovo Bonifazio.

Le origini del castello risalgono all' XI sec. Fu caposaldo di un pretendente nella lotta per il seggio vescovile di Como. Il castello venne distrutto prob. intorno al 1156. Nel 1667 il landfogto Corrado di Beroldingen acquistò il castello e le adiacenze.

Castello di San Giorgio is a manor house in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It is a listed heritage site.

Castello di Santa Maria is a defensive castle in Ticino and freely accessible.

Castello di Sasso Corbaro sits on the left bank of the Ticino river near Bellinzona and has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage listing since 2000 together with the castles of Montebello and Castelgrande and the town walls; it was also known as castello di Cima, castello di Unterwalden (from 1506) and castello di Santa Barbara (from 1818).

Castello Visconteo is a defensive castle in Ticino.

The Sanatorio del Gottardo, designed by architect Diego Brioschi, dates from 1905 and now stands as a ruin in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The site is not open to the public.