Davesco

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Davesco is a village in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.

It was first recorded in 1110 as Avesco.[1]

The village, together with Soragno, constituted the former municipality Davesco-Soragno. In 2004, Davesco-Soragno municipality was incorporated into the larger, neighboring municipality Lugano and now forms a quarter of that city.

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  1. ^ Davesco-Soragno in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.