- Vico Morcote
Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Vico Morcote
municipality_name = Vico Morcote
municipality_type = municipality
imagepath_coa = VicoMorcote-coat_of_arms.svg|pixel_coa=
languages = Italian
canton = Ticino
iso-code-region = CH-TI
district = Lugano
lat_d=45|lat_m=56|lat_NS=N|long_d=8|long_m=55|long_EW=E
postal_code = 6921
municipality_code = 5233
area = 1.88
elevation = 442|elevation_description=
population = 293|populationof = December 2004 | popofyear = 2004
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neighboring_municipalities=Brusino Arsizio , Carona, Melide,Morcote
twintowns = |Vico Morcote is a municipality in the district of in the Lugano in the canton of
Ticino inSwitzerland .Located near
Lake Lugano and situated roughly one kilometer uphill from the larger village ofMorcote , Vico Morcote's distance from both Morcote andLugano (10km east) have left it in a near preserved state as a small hillside village typical of the area. The estimated population of the village is fewer than 300 residents.Vico Morcote contains a number of small hotels and restaurants. It is also home to a villa run by the International Institute of Architecture (I2A), the European branch of the
Southern California Institute of Architecture .References
* [http://www.promorcote.ch/it/vi_it/it_vico.html Vico Morcote] Description of Vico Morcote it icon.
External links
* [http://www.promorcote.ch/index.html Morcote Turismo Svizzera] Morcote & Vico Morcote Tourism site it icon.
* [http://www.i2a.ch/ International Institute of Architecture]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kVcpaTMOMU] View of village (youtube video) it icon.
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