Locarno
Locarno is a city at the northern end of Lake Maggiore in Switzerland. The city, along with Venice and Cannes, hosts an international film festival, the third oldest important cinema festival in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Locarno Film Festival and Locarno railway station.
Locarno Film Festival
Recreation area
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The Locarno International Film Festival is a major international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, short, avant-garde, and retrospective programs.
Locarno railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sir James, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Locarno railway station serves the city of Locarno, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. However, the station is located within the adjacent municipality of Muralto, near the shore of Lake Maggiore.
Visconti Castle
Castle
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Visconti Castle Italian: Castello Visconteo is a castle in Locarno, Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. In January 2004, the Italian historian Marino Vigano' speculated that it may have been designed by Leonardo da Vinci: after 7 years of studies, the Leonardo's Rivellino was recognized as a Da Vinci project.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ascona and Tenero.
Ascona
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Ascona is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It is on the shore of Lake Maggiore. The town is a popular tourist destination and holds the yearly Ascona Jazz Festival.
Tenero
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Tenero is a small town located on the northern shore Lake Maggiore in Ticino, the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. It is about 4 km from Locarno.
Minusio
Village
Photo: G. Steiger, CC BY 3.0.
Minusio is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Locarno
- Categories: Municipality of Switzerland, city of Switzerland, and locality
- Location: Locarno District, Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.1696° or 46° 10′ 11″ northLongitude
8.7955° or 8° 47′ 44″ eastPopulation
16,000Elevation
206 metres (676 feet)IATA airport code
ZJIUnited Nations Location Code
CH LONOpen location code
8FRC5Q9W+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1839613064OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2659869Wikidata ID
Q11935
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Locarno” goes by many names.
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