What is Biasca?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Biasca | image_photo = Biasca1.jpg | image_caption = Biasca | municipality_name = Biasca | municipality_type = town | imagepath_coa = CHE Biasca COA.svg|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Biasca.png | languages = Italian | canton = Ticino | iso-code-region = CH-TI | district = [[Riviera (district)|Riviera]] |coordinates={{coord|46|21|N|8|58|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 6710 | municipality_code = 5281 | area = 58.1 | elevation = 301|elevation_description= | population = 5935|populationof = December 2004 | popofyear = 2004 | website = www.biasca.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = Loderio, Ponte, Pontirone, Sant'Anna, Valle | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Cauco]] (GR), [[Iragna]], [[Lodrino, Switzerland|Lodrino]], [[Malvaglia]], [[Osogna]], [[Personico]], [[Pollegio]], [[Rossa, Switzerland|Rossa]] (GR), [[Semione]] | twintowns = }} '''Biasca''' is the capital of the [[district]] [[Riviera (district)|Riviera]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Ticino]] in [[Switzerland]]. ==Geography== The [[municipality]] lies at the entrance to the Blenio valley, 19&nbsp;km north of [[Bellinzona]], on the banks of the [[Brenno]]. About 3&nbsp;km east of Biasca is the small lake of Carigiolo. The villages of Loderio, Ponte, Pontirone, Sant'Anna, and Valle are a part of Biasca. ==History== [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] coins has been found in Biasca, which means that it had people living in it in old times. The church of Biasca has [[sculpture]]s and [[painting]]s from the 1400s and 1500s. It was built in 1213. A second Catholic church, the Rotonda di San Carlo, is a nice example of the modern building of the [[Milan]]ese builder Macciacchini. An [[avalanche]] from the Monte Crenone (now called Pizzo Magno) in 1512 buried many houses in Biasca and killed hundreds of people. This was one of the big avalanches in the [[Alps]] in modern times. It dammed the