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Encyclopedia Britannica



LOCARNO (Ger. Luggarus)

This article appears in Volume V16, Page 839 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LOB-LUP
LOCARNO (Ger. Luggarus) , a small town of Italian
appearance
  in the Swiss
canton
  of Tessin or
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
  14 m. S.W. of Bellinzona. Its height above the sea-level is only 682 ft., so that it is said to be the lowest spot in Switzerland. In 'goo its
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
  of the
canton
  of Lugano in the Helvetic Republic, and in 1803
part
  of that of Tessin or
Ticino
 , then first erected. In 1555 a number of
Protestant
  inhabitants were expelled for religious reasons, and going to Zurich founded the
silk
  industry there. Above Locarno is the romantically situated sanctuary. of the Madonna del Sasso (now rendered easily accessible by a funicular railway) that commands a glorious view over the lake and the surrounding country. (W. A. B. C.)


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