Astano is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Astano is first mentioned in 1272 as Astanum. The old vi…Astano is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Astano is first mentioned in 1272 as Astanum. The old village center has some architecturally notable buildings, such as the Ca' da Roma. In the Middle Ages the monastery of S. Pietro in Ciel d'Oro owned land in Astano. In the 13th century, there was a Humiliati monastery in the village. When it was abandoned in the mid-15th century, the property passed to the Humiliati monastery of S. Caterina in Lugano. In 1612 it became a separate parish. The parish church of S. Pietro was built in 1654 on the ruins of an old chapel.
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