San Grato Park Thematic Trail – Artistic Trail

Theme Trail

Various artists have made some of their works available, which can be admired along this path.


It connects sculptures placed here and there in the Park and created by contemporary artists; others are added periodically. The route is attractive in every season!

By visiting it, you will immerse yourself in an environment with unique natural and decorative characteristics, also including large meadow areas beyond the park summit.

With its 62,000 square meters, it houses the precious collection of azaleas, rhododendrons, and conifers, the largest in variety and quantity in the entire region.

Art in the park with the following artists:

1. Kurt Schwager – Seeds

2. Antonio Rodriguez – Totem

3. Giovanni Longoni – Cow (iron breed)

4. Steff Lüthi – Tower 2002

5. Eftim Eftimovski – Figure 2000

6. Penelope Margaret Mackworth-Praed -Scolitantides orion chequered blue 2001

7. Dario Verda – Late virility

8. Gianfranco Rossi – Constriction

9. Angelo Paparelli – untitled

10. Klaus W. Prior – Gleiche und gleichere

11. Milvia Quadrio – Fire red

12. Peter Fitze – The sound of light

13. Piermarco Bricchi – Dimension-space agora

14. Sibilla Altepost – Trinomial

15. Gianni Poretti – History MS 1a. 2001

16. Luca Minotti – Untitled

17. Angelo Paparelli – Reminiscence

18. Hanspeter Wespi – Object and space

Location: Carona

Position: San Grato

Altitude: 655 – 760m

Map: 1353

Brochure in the following languages: Italian – German – French – English

Thematic path characteristics: artistic

Physical effort: 1 (1 = easy, 0 – 300 m. / 2 = moderate, 300 – 600 m. / 3=medium, 600 – 900 m.)

Technical effort: T1 (T1 = hiking trail / T2 = mountain hiking trail)

Refreshments: yes (Restaurant San Grato / +41 91 649 70 21)

Sale of local typical products: –