Lavena Ponte Tresa

Lavena Ponte Tresa is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese, in the Italian region of Lombardy, on the shore of Lake Lugano directly on the border with Switzerland. It lies about 60 kilometres northwest of Milan and about 15 kilometres north of Varese. The municipality joins two distinct parts: Lavena, the historical origin of the settlement, which includes the locality of Castello, dated to around the 12th century, and the locality of Villa, formed in the first half of the 18th century; and Ponte Tresa, a much more recent part dating from around 1846, after a bridge was built over the river that the town straddles. Across the border it faces the Swiss municipalities of Caslano and Tresa, and its Italian neighbours include Brusimpiano, Cadegliano-Viconago and Marzio. Its sister cities are Mesoraca, Lacedonia, Aquilonia and Calitri.