Rodi (Prato Leventina)

Rodi is a Swiss village in the municipality of Prato (Leventina), Canton of Ticino. Along with the contiguous village of Fiesso, it forms a tiny urban area named Rodi-Fiesso. In Italian, its name means "Rhodes".

Geography

Rodi is located in the Leventina Valley, upon the southwestern shore of Ticino river and below the Lepontine Alps. It is 2 km from Prato, 6 from Faido, 50 from Bellinzona and 75 from Lugano.
On the mountain above, in south, is located Lake Tremorgio, at 1,851 above [mean sea level|amsl]. In the eastern neighbourhoods of the village it is the Dazio Grande, a former custom house built in 1561.

Rodi counts a train station on the Gotthard railway, linking Milan to Zürich. An aerial cable car links the village to Lake Tremorgio.
Rodi is crossed in the middle by the National Road 2 and is not too far from the A2 motorway Chiasso-Basel. Nearest A2 exit is in Quinto, 3.5 km far from it.