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LOCARNO (Ger. Luggarus) , a small town of Italian appearance in the Swiss canton
Ticino , of which till ,881 it was one of the three capitals (the others being Bellinzona, q.v., and Lugano, q.v.). It is built at the north or Swiss end of the Lago Maggiore , not far from the point at which the Maggia enters that lake, and is by rail
population was 3603, mainly Italian-speaking and Romanists. It was taken from the Milanese in 1512 by the Swiss who ruled it till 1798, when it became part
canton
part
Ticino , then first erected. In 1555 a number of Protestant
silk
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