Pura is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Pura is first mentioned around 751–760, though this is f…Pura is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Pura is first mentioned around 751–760, though this is found in a 17th-century copy of the original. In the Middle Ages several institutions such as the monastery of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia, Como Cathedral, Disentis Abbey and the monastery of Agno possessed property or land in Pura.