Municipality of Locarno
Latitude: 46° 10' N |
Longitude: 8° 48' E |
Altitude: 209 m s.l.m. |
Inhabitants: 15.000 |
Locarno is situated between Ascona and Minusio and it is the greatest city on the lake Maggiore. In favorable position, it enjoys the whole year of a pleasant climate that, in the public gardens, it manifests with cultivations of subtropical plants and Mediterranean flora, that they characterize vivaciously the town. Historically it was under the dominion of the Viscounts, subsequently under the family Rusca. It is the most important place of the Swiss coast, the annual demonstrations show this, they develop in the month of August, as the International Festival of the Film and the show Videoart besides numerous concerts. The city center is represented by the Piazza Grande with characteristic medioeval porticos, to visit the San Vittore's Romanesque church, the Castle Visconteo, house Rusca, center of the Pinacoteca Comunale and the most famous sanctuary of the Madonna del Sasso of the 1480, situated to north of the town, attainable with the funicular, in position privileged from which it can be enjoyed of an exciting panorama.
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