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 Towns and villages Vacallo Arogno Arzo Balerna Besazio Bissone Brusino Arsizio Bruzella Cabbio Caneggio Capolago Casima Castel San Pietro Chiasso Coldrerio Genestrerio Ligornetto Maroggia Melano Mendrisio Meride Monte Morbio Inferiore Morbio Superiore Muggio Novazzano Rancate Riva San Vitale Rovio Sagno Salorino Stabio Tremona Vacallo The commune occupies a sunny position on the hillside north of Chiasso. The oldest documents concerning the village date back to the 16th century, but the area was certainly inhabited before then. A part of the town has kept its old rustic houses which prove that the original economic activity was essentially agricultural. Vacallo is home to the sculptors Pietro and Giuseppe Lironi. The former worked in Como, where his statues can still be admired, and the latter in Rome. The architects Giovanni Antonio Piotti, who worked himself in Como and Milan in the 16th century, his son, Giuseppe, who studied architecture in Rome, were both from Vacallo, although the family originally came from Morbio. It is also home to the sculptor, Pietro Bernasconi (1826-1912). Interesting buildings: Church of St. Croce (17th c., on foundations dating at least to the 16th c.). Church of St. Simon and St. Judas (17th c. on foundations from the 15th or 16th c.). Evangelical Church of St. Simon (1913). Zanetta family house, Villa Bertola and other interesting buildings from various periods. Two patrician houses remind us of the sojourns of the musicians Puccini and Leoncavallo. Altitude: 363 m. above sea level Population: 2'800 Surface: 1,59 km2 Distances: Chiasso: 2 km Mendrisio: 5 km Town Hall: +41 695 27 00 cancelleria.vacallo@ticino.com Transport (symbols):