Arbedo (283 m/929ft; bypass), which has a fine 15th C. parish church (the "Chiesa Rossa" or Red church), lies at the mouth of the Valle d'Arbedo (on left): there was a landslide here in 1929 from the Motto d'Arbino, which had been in gradual motion since 1888. In a battle at Arbedo in 1422, during the war with the Duchy of Milan, a force of 3,00
0 Confederates was defeated by an army six times their number, 2,000 of them being killed in the battle.
At Bellinzona (230 m/755ft;) the road divides: straight ahead for Lugano, to the right for Locarno.