Monte San Salvatore observation tower

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Monte San Salvatore
Image of the object
Basic data
Place: Lugano
Canton: Ticino
Country: Switzerland
Altitude : 912  m
Coordinates: 45 ° 58 '37.4 "  N , 8 ° 56' 50.1"  E ; CH1903:  seven hundred and sixteen thousand nine hundred and twenty  /  92844
Use: Observation tower
Accessibility: Observation tower open to the public
Tower data
Construction time : 1974
Building material : Bricked up
Total height : 12.5  m
Viewing platform: 12.5  m
Position map
Monte San Salvatore (Canton Ticino)
Monte San Salvatore
Monte San Salvatore
Localization of Canton Ticino in Switzerland

The Monte San Salvatore observation tower is located on the mountain of the same name in the municipality of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

situation

64 steps lead to the viewing platform at a height of 12.5 meters. This offers a view of Lake Lugano , Lugano and the Italian exclave Campione . Two funiculars lead from Paradiso to Monte San Salvatore . From the terminus you can reach the observation tower in about five minutes.

360 ° panorama from the Monte San Salvatore viewing platform