Latitude: 45° 54' N |
Longitude: 8° 58' E |
Altitude: 273 m s.l.m. |
Inhabitants: 2.627 |
Riva San Vitale is situated between locality Capolago and Brusino Arisizio, in Mendrisio District, at the foot of Monte San Giorgio, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since July 2003. In the past it was the port of Como on lake of Lugano. You can visit San Vitale's Parish Church, Santa Croce's Church, the Baptistery of San Giovanni Battista of 500, the oldest early Christian monument still entirely preserved in Switzerland, the Oratory Church of San Rocco and the Oratory of the Confraternita del Santissimo Sacramento.