Locarno

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

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Lake Maggiore - Swiss - Ticino - Ascona

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

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The Locarno Treaties were negotiated here in 1925.

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Locarno Treaties - 1925

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

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January - 2004 - Italian - Historian - Marino Vigano - Castle - Leonardo da Vinci

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