Sesto Calende

Sesto Calende (Sest) is a town and comune located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.

It is at the southern tip of Lake Maggiore, where the river Ticino starts to flow towards the Po. The main historical sight is the Abbey of San Donato, built in the 9th and 10th centuries. It houses a painting by Bernardino Zenale (1503).

It was the seat of the SIAI-Marchetti aircraft works until their take-over.