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Tesserete
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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.[1]
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".[2]