Tesserete

Tesserete is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.

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In 1976 the neighboring municipality Campestro was incorporated into Tesserete.{{cite web |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/grundlagen/agvch/historisiertes-gemeindeverzeichnis.html |website= Swiss Federal Statistical Office |title=Historisiertes Gemeindeverzeichnis |accessdate=12 October 2021}}

In 2001 Tesserete municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Cagiallo, Lopagno, Roveredo, Sala Capriasca and Vaglio to form a new and larger municipality Capriasca.

The village is famous in Ticino for its Carnival "Or Penagin".{{Cite news |date=2020-02-26 |title=A Tesserete inizia il regno di Or Penagin |language=it-CH |url=https://www.cdt.ch/ticino/lugano/a-tesserete-inizia-il-regno-di-or-penagin-JJ2391685 |access-date=2021-10-12}}