Locarno

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Coordinates: 46°10′N 8°48′E

Locarno
Canton	Ticino
District	Locarno
Coordinates	46°10′N 8°48′E
Population	14,320   (December 2002)
Area	19.4 km²
Elevation	200 m
Postal code	6600
SFOS number	5113
Mayor	Carla Speziali
Website	www.locarno.ch
Locarno

Locarno is a city located on the northern tip of Lake Maggiore (Lago Maggiore) in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino, close to Ascona. It has a population of about 15,000.

An important film festival, the "Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Locarno", takes place every year in August in the Piazza Grande.

The Locarno Treaties were negotiated here in 1925.

In January 2004, the Italian historian Marino Vigano speculated that Locarno's castle may have been designed by Leonardo da Vinci.

[edit] Astrovia Locarno

The Astrovia Locarno is a 1 : 1,000,000,000 scale model of the Solar System. The Sun can be found at the end of Via Gioacchino Respini where the cyclepath, which runs alongside the river, starts. Pluto, the final planet in the model, can be found 6km away from this starting point in the village of Tegna. If you wish to see all the planets it is preferable to cycle rather than walk, when walking many people go no further than Saturn.

[edit] External links

• The city of Locarno official link
• Photo tour of the Astrovia Locarno