{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> |name = Rodi |settlement_type = Village |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_map = Rodi-Fiesso Locator Map.png |mapsize = |map_caption = Rodi (dark blue dot) and Fiesso (blue dot) within the municipality of Prato and Leventina district |pushpin_map = Switzerland |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Rodi in Switzerland |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flagu|Switzerland}} |subdivision_type1 = Canton |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Ticino}} |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = 15px Leventina |subdivision_type3 = Municipality |subdivision_name3 = 15px Prato (Leventina) |established_date = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 900 |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |timezone = CET |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = CEST |utc_offset_DST = +2 |coordinates = {{coord|46|29|20|N|8|44|20|E|region:CH-TI_type:city|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = 6772<ref name=a>{{in lang|it}} [http://map.local.ch/it/search/Rodi-Fiesso Map, weather and postal code of Rodi-Fiesso]</ref> |area_code = (+41) ... |blank_name = Licence plate |blank_info = TI |website = |footnotes = }} '''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'''.<ref name=a /> In Italian, its name means "Rhodes".
==Geography== thumb|Aerial view (1964) 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 amsl. In the eastern neighbourhoods of the village it is the ''Dazio Grande'', a former custom house built in 1561.<ref>{{in lang|it}} [http://www.daziogrande.ch/it/content/storia History of Dazio Grande]</ref>
==Transport== Rodi counts a train station (Rodi-Fiesso) on the Gotthard railway, linking Milan to Zürich. An aerial cable car links the village to Lake Tremorgio.<ref>{{in lang|it}} [http://www.capannatremorgio.ch/teleferica.html The aerial cable car Rodi-Tremorgio]</ref>
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.
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==External links== {{commons category-inline|Rodi (Prato Leventina)|Rodi}} *[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&sugexp=les;&cp=33&gs_id=2&xhr=t&rlz=1R2SKPB_itIT371&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bpcl=38897761&biw=1024&bih=625&wrapid=tljp135346699885900&q=Rodi,+Prato+(Leventina),+Svizzera&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x4785a0a701b938ef:0xd3e4f69b2b82f120,Rodi,+Prato,+Switzerland&gl=uk&sa=X&ei=cUSsUOnKJITIsgbX8IEQ&sqi=2&ved=0CG0QtgM Rodi] on Google Maps *{{in lang|it}} [http://www.daziogrande.ch/ Dazio Grande website]
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Category:Villages in Ticino