Locarno

Locarno is a municipality in the district of Locarno and place of the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The former German name Luggarus is no longer used today.

  • 3.1 merger
  • 5.1 painters, sculptors, ceramists, graphic
  • 5.2 architect
  • 5.3 politician
  • 5.4 musicians
  • 5.5 doctor
  • 5.6 writers, poets, critics, historians
  • 5.7 entrepreneur
  • 5.8 Military
  • 5.9 Actors
  • 6.1 Madonna del Sasso, Cardada and Cimetta
  • 6.2 Piazza Grande
  • 6.3 Castello Visconti
  • 6.4 Other interesting buildings

Geography

The city of Locarno is located on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore, on the eastern edge of the Maggia delta. The district of Monti della Trinita and the community Orselina nestle on the hillside above the town.

The urban area of ​​Locarno has grown together with the continued independent municipalities Muralto (see section traffic) and Minusio.

Locarno is grouped with the rest of southern Ticino and the Province of Como to the Swiss Federal Office of Statistics established metropolitan region of Ticino.

To the territory of the municipality of Locarno also includes a large, non-contiguous with the city area in the Magadinoebene named Gerre di Sotto.

Climate

Locarno is considered the warmest place in Switzerland and as the northernmost village with a Mediterranean climate on a lake. The station Locarno in an elevated position recorded one years average of 11.5 ° C, while the average is the Swiss plateau at about 7-9 ° C.

In Locarno, therefore, we come across many Mediterranean plants such as palm trees or lemon trees. Not least because of the mild climate Locarno is strongly influenced by tourism.

History

The first mention of the city took place in the year 807 as Leocarni to a Latin Leocarnum, which translates as " lion meat " means. In German names such as Lucarius Lucaris and led eventually to a form Luggarus that is now rarely used.

On October 16, 1925, the Locarno Treaties between Germany, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Poland and Czechoslovakia were closed. In them the legal status of Germany after the First World War was revised.

1928 merged the previously separate municipality Solduno with the city of Locarno.

Population

Merger

2011 failed in a referendum a merger of the municipalities Locarno, Muralto, Minusio, Orselina, Minusio, Mergoscia and Tenero. Only in Locarno itself and in Mergoscia, which is not adjacent to Locarno spatially, is an affirmative majority found.

Traffic

Locarno is considered as the end point of two railway lines, which, however, strictly speaking, do not end in Locarno, but in the neighboring municipality Muralto where the Locarno train station. The standard gauge train line from Bellinzona ago reached forth their aboveground terminus of East and affected not Locarno. The narrow-gauge railway Cento Valli ( FART / SSIF ) from Domodossola reached its end point from the west, but runs through Locarno no longer since 1990, but is passed over a tunnel section in their own underground railway terminus. This underground station is within the SBB site in Muralto, north of the SBB systems where until 1990, were the facilities of the FART.

At the western track and train Rising of the train station Locarno, still in Muralto, there is also the starting point of the bus lines of the FART and post buses, which operate the side valleys. On the opposite side of the street Via della Stazione, cross left at the end of the colonnade, the municipal boundary between Muralto Locarno and which are separated by the creek Ramogna. The valley station of the funicular to the famous Madonna del Sasso is located just behind the creek in Locarno where the Via della Stazione is to Viale F. Balli.

To banish the through traffic on the road from the city center, in the early 90s, the 5.5 km long road tunnel Mappo Morettina was built through under Locarno.

The competent for the four lakes oberitialienischen Italian shipping company Navigazione Laghi also operates in the Swiss part of Lake Maggiore shipping and connects Locarno with the other towns on the lake.

6 km east of Locarno is the Aeroporto Cantonale di Locarno ( LSZL ), an airfield with three start and runways as well as a base of the Swiss Air Force.

Personalities

Painters, sculptors, ceramists, graphic

  • Vincenzo Angelo Orelli, painter, son of Giuseppe Antonio Felice Orelli
  • Francesco Antonio Bustelli (* 1723 in Locarno, † 1763), sculptor, ceramic workers in Bavaria
  • Filippo Franzoni (* 1857 in Locarno, † 1911), painter
  • Henry books ( born August 12, 1827 in Elgg, † July 3, 1907 in Locarno ), Xylograf, painter
  • Oreste Coppini ( born December 1, 1871 in Florence, †? ), A painter, sculptor
  • Max Bucherer ( born July 8, 1883 in Basel, † January 3, 1974 in Locarno ), painter, printmaker, draftsman, illustrator, teacher
  • Remo Rossi ( * 1909 in Locarno, † 1982), a sculptor.
  • Nag Arnoldi ( born September 18, 1928 in Locarno ), painter and sculptor
  • Antonio Ciseri (1821-1891), a painter.
  • Werefkin ( Marianna Vladimorovna Verevkina ), ( 1860-1938 ), painter.
  • Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941), a painter.
  • Jean Arp (1886-1966), a painter, sculptor, Dadaist.
  • Marino Marini (1901-1980), a painter, a sculptor.
  • Franco Barberis ( born August 2, 1905 in Lugano, † January 13, 1992 in Locarno ), graphic designer, illustrator
  • Elisabeth Bursch ( born July 11, 1923 in Zurich, † July 28, 2003 in Locarno ), graphic artist, painter and textile artist
  • Franz Anton Bustelli (1723-1763), sculptor and modeller
  • Eta Bassi ( born April 30, 1939), lecturer, painter, sculptor
  • Franco Beltrametti ( born October 7, 1937 in Locarno, † August 25 1995 in Lugano), painter, architect, performer
  • Olga Mazza Alliata ( born May 25, 1895 in Locarno, † May 26, 1971 in Bellinzona ), painter
  • Claudio Baccalà ( born September 4, 1923 in Incella - Brissago, † December 9, 2007 in Locarno ), painter and draftsman
  • Marco Balossi ( born February 5, 1942 in Locarno ), lecturer, painter, sculptor
  • Edgardo Cattori ( born September 10, 1942 in Locarno ), painter, illustrator
  • Pierre Case ( born February 16, 1944 in Locarno ), painter, engraver, draftsman
  • Malù Cortesi ( born July 24, 1958 in Locarno ), decorative painter
  • Roberto De Bernardo ( born February 1, 1970 in Locarno ), painter and mosaic workers
  • Guy Bettini (* November 4, 1960 in Locarno ), painter, sculptor, art entrepreneurs
  • Giancarlo Bisi ( born August 29, 1964 in Locarno ), painter, etcher, photographer
  • Adelaide Borsa ( born December 14, 1925 in Locarno, † May 27, 1976 ), painter, sculptor
  • Valeria Mazzoni Borsa ( born October 28, 1923 in Bellinzona ), sculptor
  • Udo Elzi ( born January 24, 1932 in Locarno ), graphic
  • Veronica Branca Masa ( born August 11, 1953 in Locarno ), painter, sculptor, illustrator
  • Daniele Buzzi ( born June 25, 1890 in Locarno, † May 23, 1974 in Lausanne ), draftsman, printmaker
  • Roberto Canitano ( born July 12, 1953 in Monza ), painter, graphic artist, lecturer
  • Mario Casanova ( born January 22, 1962 in Locarno ), painter
  • Massimo Cavalli ( born January 12, 1930 in Locarno ), painter, engraver
  • Viviana Chiosi ( born January 19, 1978 in Locarno ), painter, graphic designer, illustrator
  • Antonio Erba ( born July 19, 1914 in Locarno; † 7 April 1986 Saignelégier ), painter, politician
  • Ivano Facchinetti ( born November 18, 1952 in Locarno ), a painter, sculptor, draftsman
  • Ivana Falconi ( born August 8, 1970 in Locarno ), Photographer, Video Art

Architect

  • Livio Vacchini (1933-2007), architect
  • Pietro Morettini (1660-1737), military engineer

Politician

  • Anton Leger Keller (1673-1752), member of the Council, Vogt and Diet Envoy
  • Giovanni Antonio Marcacci (1769-1854), baron, politician
  • Guido Bustelli, Major, National
  • Luigi Pedrazzini, politicians, State
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi, General, politician
  • Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876), politician, philosopher
  • Fabio Abate (born 1967 ), politician

Musician

  • Francesco Piemontesi ( b. 1983 ), pianist
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), musician, composer

Doctor

  • Ettore Rossi, doctor, lecturer at the University of Bern
  • John Eccles (1903-1997), Nobel Prize for Medicine

Writers, poets, critics, historians

  • Giovanni Pozzi, Capuchin, lecturer, writer, critic
  • Sandro Bianconi, academician of the Crusca, critics
  • John Ruskin, writer, illustrator
  • Stefan George (1868-1933), poet
  • Elisar von Kupffer (1872-1942), painter, philosopher, poet
  • Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), poet
  • Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), writer, poet and painter
  • Filippo Sacchi, writer, journalist, critic
  • Salvador de Madariaga (1886-1978), historian, writer
  • Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970), writer
  • Ignazio Silone (1900-1978), politician, writer
  • Erich Fromm (1900-1980), writer, sociologist
  • Max Frisch (1911-1991), architect, writer
  • Anna Volonterio (1888-1972), writer
  • Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995), writer

Entrepreneur

  • Evangelista Zanino, Locarno is Refugiant in Zurich, a member of the Safran guild
  • Gaetano Sacchi, Garibaldi

Actor

  • Paulette Goddard (1910-1990), actress
  • Hannes Schmid Hauser (1926-2000), Swiss film actor, screenwriter and director

Attractions

Madonna del Sasso, Cardada and Cimetta

The Sanctuary of the Madonna del Sasso in Orselina above the city is the main attraction of Locarno and also the most popular place of pilgrimage for Italian-speaking Switzerland.

The creation of Madonna del Sasso goes back to a Lady, which had appeared the Franciscan brother Bartolomeo d' Ivrea in the night from 14th to August 15th 1480. The sanctuary is famous for its significant features. There is also a viewing platform here.

From Orselina from a cable car runs to the Cardada ( 1,340 m above sea level. M. ), and by the mountain station performs another chair lift to Cimetta ( 1,670 m above sea level. M. ).

In Locarno Heinrich von Kleist can play one of his short stories, namely " The beggar of Locarno ." Even today the remains of the late Marchese should fall within a crumbled castle.

Piazza Grande

The center of town is the long-drawn, paved Piazza Grande you will find many open-air concerts since 2004 in July each music festival Moon and Stars, and in August the International Film Festival of Locarno, held annually, one of the most important film festivals in the world. There are numerous restaurants and cafes on the Piazza Grande. All lanes of the old town aspire to the June 2007 car-free space.

Castello Visconti

The Castello Visconti on the edge of the Old Town was built in the 12th century, probably as the home of the emperor loyal Capitanei Orelli 1260 it fell into the hands of the Ghibellines. 1342 attacked the Visconti of Milan, where the building owes its present name, the castle of the land and sea, and took it. In federal possession they first came in 1503, finally 1513th Today, about one-fifth of the original castle is still preserved. The majority of the structures obtained from the 15th and 16th centuries, exist only from the founding period of the castle foundations. The lying next to the castle remains the bastion of defense Rivellino should perhaps have been planned by Leonardo da Vinci. Here we find the Castle Museum with archaeological collection.

Other interesting buildings

  • Parish church of Sant'Antonio Abate,
  • Church and Convent of Santa Caterina,
  • Chiesa della Santissima Trinità, Monti della Trinità on
  • Church of San Giovanni Battista, a Solduno,
  • Museum Castello Visconti. ,
  • Casa del Negromante,
  • Residence Bianchetti,
  • Residence Reschigna,
  • Residence Rusca Bellerio,
  • Building the Società Elettrica Sopracenerina,
  • Church tower,
  • Tomb of Giovanni Orelli,
  • Palace Franzoni,
  • Palace del Pretorio
  • Palace Marcacci ( Municipal House )
  • Elementary school in the district Saleggi, architect Livio Vacchini,
  • Middle school, Architect: Dolf Schnebli,
  • Planet « Astrovia Locarno ," Starting at the Maggia delta
  • Footpath along the Lago Maggiore from the center of Locarno to Tenero

Culture

  • Teatro di Locarno

Events

  • International Film Festival of Locarno: (Italian Festival internazionale del film Locarno ). The festival takes place in August every year since 1946. The best feature film in the official competition will be awarded the Golden Leopard ( Italian Pardo d' Oro ). It is the smallest of the major film festivals art of international importance ( A category festival).
  • Moon and Stars: A music festival in Piazza Grande. It includes performances by renowned artists of international pop and rock music.
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