INTRODUCTION     TOWNS AND VILLAGES     TRANSPORT     HOW TO GET THERE     INTRODUCTION     MONTE GENEROSO     MONTE SAN GIORGIO     THE PARK OF THE BREGGIA GORGE     MUGGIO VALLEY     PARK OF THE PENZ HILL     THE PRE MURIN PARK     FORTHCOMING EVENTS     RECURRING EVENTS     SPECIAL EVENTS     TICINO, LAND OF CYCLING     MEETING FACILITIES     INTRODUCTION     MUSEUMS     ART GALLERIES     HISTORICAL BUILDINGS     CINEMA TEATRO CHIASSO     WALKS     MOUNTAIN-BIKE PATHS     THEMATICS PATHS     TREKKING     GUIDED EXCURSIONS Historical Buildings Monastery of the Serviti Brotherhood - Mendrisio Church of St. Anthony of Padua - Balerna Church of St. Antonino - Besazio Parish Church of St. Carpoforo - Bissone The Mill - Bruzella The Cantoni Mansion - Cabbio Church of St. Peter or Red Church - Castel San Pietro Church of Saint Sisino - Mendrisio Church of St. John the Baptist - Mendrisio Church of St. Martin - Mendrisio Monastery of the Serviti Brotherhood - Mendrisio Old Hospital of the Blessed Virgin - Mendrisio Oratory of Holy Mary of the Graces - Mendrisio Parish Church of Saints Cosma and Damiano - Mendrisio Villa Argentina - Mendrisio Parish Church of St. Sylvester - Meride Stuccoes and frescoes - Meride Oratorio Cascina d'Armirone - Monte Generoso Church of St. Mary of the Miracles - Morbio Inferiore Oratory of the Martyr Santi Stefano and Lorenzo - Pedrinate Baptistery - Riva San Vitale Church of the Holy Cross - Riva San Vitale Chapel of St. Vigil - Rovio From the 13th century it was a hospice for the sick and poor, administered by the Humiliated Brotherhood. In 1477 the Serviti Brotherhood took over the monastery, abandoning the hospital activities in order to open schools; a primary one from 1644 to 1788, then a secondary on (from 1786). In 1852 the Canton set it aside as a senior secondary school. Since 1982 the building has been the seat of the Mendrisio Art Museum. Where Mendrisio