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Bellinzona (Bellinzone, Bellenz, Blizuna) is the capital of the canton Ticino in Switzerland. [1]

170 relations: A13 motorway (Switzerland), A2 motorway (Switzerland), AC Bellinzona, Act of Mediation, Alfa Romeo, Antonio Marchesano (footballer), Arbedo-Castione, Arduin of Ivrea, Arth-Goldau railway station, Association football, Augustus, Austria, Bailey (castle), Baptismal font, Basel, Battle of Arbedo, Battle of Giornico, Bellinzona District, Bellinzona railway station, Bellinzona–Mesocco railway, Biasca, Blazon, Byzantine Empire, Camorino, Canton of Bellinzona, Canton of Nidwalden, Canton of Obwalden, Canton of Ticino, Canton of Uri, Cantons of Switzerland, Capital (architecture), Carnival, Carolingian Empire, Castles of Bellinzona, Chiasso railway station, Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland, Chur, Claro, Switzerland, Coat of arms, Como, Constantin, Daniela Scalia, Diocletian, Duke, Education in Switzerland, Fachhochschule, Fall of the Western Roman Empire, FDP.The Liberals, Feudalism, Filippo Maria Visconti, ..., Folk etymology, Francesco I Sforza, Francia, Franks, Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, French language, German language, Germany, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Giorgio Orelli, Giubiasco, Gnosca, Golden Ambrosian Republic, Gorduno, Gotthard Pass, Gotthard railway, Gotthard Tunnel, Gregory of Tours, Gudo, Guelphs and Ghibellines, Helvetic Republic, Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, High Middle Ages, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, Hohenstaufen, Holy Roman Emperor, House of Sax, Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites, Investiture Controversy, Italian language, Italian Wars, Italy, J. M. W. Turner, Juniper, Kindergarten, King of Italy, Lake Como, Lake Lugano, Lake Maggiore, Lepontic language, Lepontine Alps, Leventina District, List of German monarchs, List of rulers of Milan, Locarno, Locarno railway station, Lombards, Lombardy, Louis XII of France, Luca Tramontin, Lucerne, Ludovico Sforza, Lugano, Lugano Prealps, Lugano railway station, Luino, Lukmanier Pass, March of Ivrea, Mesocco, Metres above sea level, Milan, Milan–Malpensa Airport, Moleno, Monte Carasso, Monte Ceneri, Neolithic Europe, Nufenen Pass, Old Swiss Confederacy, Olivone, Ostrogoths, Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, Ottonian dynasty, Pianezzo, Po Valley, Pollegio, Ponte Tresa, Population growth, PostBus Switzerland, Precipitation, Preonzo, Primary sector of the economy, Rabadan, Roman Catholic Diocese of Como, Roman Empire, Romansh language, San Bernardino Pass, San Jorio Pass, Sant'Antonio, Bellinzona, Schöllenen Gorge, Schwyz, Secondary sector of the economy, Sementina, Serbo-Croatian, Siege, Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Succession of states, Swabia, Swiss 1. Liga (ice hockey), Swiss Alps, Swiss Challenge League, Swiss federal election, 2007, Swiss franc, Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance, Swiss Reformed Church, Switzerland in the Napoleonic era, Tertiary sector of the economy, Ticino (river), Ticino League, Transalpine campaigns of the Old Swiss Confederacy, Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia, Val Mesolcina, Varese, Visconti of Milan, Voter turnout, Walnut, Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, World Heritage site, Zürich Hauptbahnhof. Expand index (120 more) »

A13 motorway (Switzerland)

The A13 is a motorway, at times an Autostrasse (expressway), which runs from St. Margrethen in northeastern Switzerland through to Ascona in southern Switzerland, crossing the main chain of the Alps in the Grisons area.

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A2 motorway (Switzerland)

The A2 (the Gotthard Motorway) is a motorway in Switzerland.

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AC Bellinzona

AC Bellinzona is a Swiss football club based in Bellinzona.

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Act of Mediation

The Act of Mediation was issued by Napoleon Bonaparte on 19 February 1803 establishing the Swiss Confederation.

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Alfa Romeo

Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is a car manufacturer, founded by Frenchman Alexandre Darracq as A.L.F.A. (" Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili", "Lombard Automobile Factory Company") on 24 June 1910, in Milan.

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Antonio Marchesano (footballer)

Antonio Marchesano (born 18 January 1991) is a Swiss footballer who plays for FC Zürich in the Swiss Super League.

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Arbedo-Castione

Arbedo-Castione is a municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Arduin of Ivrea

Arduin (Arduino; 955 – 14 December 1015) was an Italian nobleman who was Margrave of Ivrea (c. 990–1015) and King of Italy (1002–1014).

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Arth-Goldau railway station

Arth-Goldau railway station (Bahnhof SBB Arth-Goldau) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and municipality of Arth.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Augustus

Augustus (Augustus; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD) was a Roman statesman and military leader who was the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, controlling Imperial Rome from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.

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Austria

Austria (Österreich), officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich), is a federal republic and a landlocked country of over 8.8 million people in Central Europe.

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Bailey (castle)

A bailey or ward in a fortification is a courtyard enclosed by a curtain wall.

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Baptismal font

A baptismal font is an article of church furniture used for baptism.

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Basel

Basel (also Basle; Basel; Bâle; Basilea) is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine.

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Battle of Arbedo

The Battle of Arbedo was fought on June 30, 1422 between the Duchy of Milan and the Swiss Confederation.

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Battle of Giornico

In the Battle of Giornico (28 December 1478) a Swiss force of 600 defeated 10,000 Milanese troops.

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Bellinzona District

The district of Bellinzona (Distretto di Bellinzona, also called Bellinzonese) is a district of Canton Ticino, Switzerland.

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Bellinzona railway station

Bellinzona railway station (Stazione di Bellinzona) serves the city of Bellinzona, in the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland.

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Bellinzona–Mesocco railway

The Bellinzona–Mesocco railway (Ferrovia Bellinzona–Mesocco; BM) was a Swiss metre gauge railway that linked the towns of Bellinzona, in the canton of Ticino and Mesocco, in the canton of Graubünden.

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Biasca

Biasca is a town of the district of Riviera in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Blazon

In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium).

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Camorino

Camorino is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Canton of Bellinzona

Bellinzona was the name of a canton of the Helvetic Republic, with its capital in Bellinzona.

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Canton of Nidwalden

The canton of Nidwalden, also canton of Nidwald (ˈnidˌvaldən) is a canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Obwalden

The canton of Obwalden, also canton of Obwald (ˈɔbˌvaldən) is a canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Ticino

The canton of Ticino, formally the Republic and Canton of Ticino (Repubblica e Cantone Ticino; Canton Tesin; Kanton Tessin; canton du Tessin, chantun dal Tessin) is the southernmost canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Uri

The canton of Uri (German: Kanton) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Confederation.

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Cantons of Switzerland

The 26 cantons of Switzerland (Kanton, canton, cantone, chantun) are the member states of the Swiss Confederation.

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Capital (architecture)

In architecture the capital (from the Latin caput, or "head") or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster).

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Carnival

Carnival (see other spellings and names) is a Western Christian and Greek Orthodox festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent.

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Carolingian Empire

The Carolingian Empire (800–888) was a large empire in western and central Europe during the early Middle Ages.

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Castles of Bellinzona

The Castles of Bellinzona are a group of fortifications located around the town of Bellinzona, the capital of the Swiss canton of Ticino.

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Chiasso railway station

Chiasso railway station (Stazione di Chiasso) is a station owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS).

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Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland

The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz, CVP; Parti Démocrate-Chrétien, PDC; Partito Popolare Democratico, PPD; Partida cristiandemocratica Svizra, PCD) is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland.

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Chur

Chur or Coire (or; Cuira or; Coira; Coire)Others: CVRIA, CVRIA RHAETORVM and CVRIA RAETORVM is the capital and largest town of the Swiss canton of Grisons and lies in the Grisonian Rhine Valley, where the Rhine turns towards the north, in the northern part of the canton.

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Claro, Switzerland

Claro is a former municipality in the district of Riviera in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard.

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Como

Como (Lombard: Còmm, Cómm or Cùmm; Novum Comum) is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.

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Constantin

Constantin is a Romanian and French male given name.

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Daniela Scalia

Daniela Scalia (born 9 November 1975 in Verona) is an anchorwoman and sport journalist.

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Diocletian

Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus), born Diocles (22 December 244–3 December 311), was a Roman emperor from 284 to 305.

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Duke

A duke (male) or duchess (female) can either be a monarch ruling over a duchy or a member of royalty or nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch.

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Education in Switzerland

The education system in Switzerland is very diverse, because the constitution of Switzerland delegates the authority for the school system mainly to the cantons.

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Fachhochschule

A Fachhochschule (plural Fachhochschulen), abbreviated FH, or University of Applied Sciences (UAS) is a German tertiary education institution, specializing in topical areas (e.g. engineering, technology or business).

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Fall of the Western Roman Empire

The Fall of the Western Roman Empire (also called Fall of the Roman Empire or Fall of Rome) was the process of decline in the Western Roman Empire in which it failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided into several successor polities.

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FDP.The Liberals

FDP.The Liberals (FDP.Die Liberalen, PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux, PLR.I Liberali, PLD.Ils Liberals) is a liberal political party in Switzerland.

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Feudalism

Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries.

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Filippo Maria Visconti

Filippo Maria Visconti (3 September 1392 – 13 August 1447) was the ruler of the Duchy of Milan from 1412 to 1447.

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Folk etymology

Folk etymology or reanalysis – sometimes called pseudo-etymology, popular etymology, or analogical reformation – is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one.

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Francesco I Sforza

Francesco I Sforza (23 July 1401 – 8 March 1466) was an Italian condottiero, the founder of the Sforza dynasty in Milan, Italy, and was the fourth Duke of Milan from 1450 until his death.

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Francia

Francia, also called the Kingdom of the Franks (Regnum Francorum), or Frankish Empire was the largest post-Roman Barbarian kingdom in Western Europe.

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Franks

The Franks (Franci or gens Francorum) were a collection of Germanic peoples, whose name was first mentioned in 3rd century Roman sources, associated with tribes on the Lower and Middle Rhine in the 3rd century AD, on the edge of the Roman Empire.

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Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick I (Friedrich I, Federico I; 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick Barbarossa (Federico Barbarossa), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 2 January 1155 until his death.

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Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick II (26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250; Fidiricu, Federico, Friedrich) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusalem from 1225.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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German language

German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Gian Galeazzo Visconti

Gian Galeazzo Visconti (16 October 1351 – 3 September 1402), son of Galeazzo II Visconti and Bianca of Savoy, was the first Duke of Milan (1395) and ruled the late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance.

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Giorgio Orelli

Giorgio Orelli (May 25, 1921 – November 10, 2013) was an Italian-speaking Swiss poet, writer and translator.

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Giubiasco

Giubiasco is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Gnosca

Gnosca is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Golden Ambrosian Republic

The Golden Ambrosian Republic (Aurea Repubblica Ambrosiana; Aurea Republega Ambrosiana; 1447–1450) was a short-lived government founded in Milan by members of the University of Pavia with popular support.

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Gorduno

Gorduno is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Gotthard Pass

The Gotthard Pass or St.

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Gotthard railway

The Gotthard railway (Gotthardbahn; Ferrovia del Gottardo) is the Swiss trans-alpine railway line from northern Switzerland to the canton of Ticino.

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Gotthard Tunnel

The Gotthard Tunnel (Gotthardtunnel, Galleria del San Gottardo) is a railway tunnel and forms the summit of the Gotthard Railway in Switzerland.

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Gregory of Tours

Saint Gregory of Tours (30 November c. 538 – 17 November 594) was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours, which made him a leading prelate of the area that had been previously referred to as Gaul by the Romans. He was born Georgius Florentius and later added the name Gregorius in honour of his maternal great-grandfather. He is the primary contemporary source for Merovingian history. His most notable work was his Decem Libri Historiarum (Ten Books of Histories), better known as the Historia Francorum (History of the Franks), a title that later chroniclers gave to it, but he is also known for his accounts of the miracles of saints, especially four books of the miracles of St. Martin of Tours. St. Martin's tomb was a major pilgrimage destination in the 6th century, and St. Gregory's writings had the practical effect of promoting this highly organized devotion.

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Gudo

Gudo is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Guelphs and Ghibellines

The Guelphs and Ghibellines (guelfi e ghibellini) were factions supporting the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor, respectively, in the Italian city-states of central and northern Italy.

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Helvetic Republic

In Swiss history, the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803) represented an early attempt to impose a central authority over Switzerland, which until then had consisted of self-governing cantons united by a loose military alliance (and ruling over subject territories such as Vaud).

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Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry II (Heinrich II; Enrico II) (6 May 973 – 13 July 1024), also known as Saint Henry, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor ("Romanorum Imperator") from 1014 until his death in 1024 and the last member of the Ottonian dynasty of Emperors as he had no children.

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High Middle Ages

The High Middle Ages, or High Medieval Period, was the period of European history that commenced around 1000 AD and lasted until around 1250 AD.

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Historical Dictionary of Switzerland

The Historical Dictionary of Switzerland is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland that aims to take into account the results of modern historical research in a manner accessible to a broader audience.

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Hohenstaufen

The Staufer, also known as the House of Staufen, or of Hohenstaufen, were a dynasty of German kings (1138–1254) during the Middle Ages.

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Holy Roman Emperor

The Holy Roman Emperor (historically Romanorum Imperator, "Emperor of the Romans") was the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire (800-1806 AD, from Charlemagne to Francis II).

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House of Sax

The noble family von Sax (originally de Sacco) were a medieval noble family in eastern Switzerland.

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Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites

The Federal Inventory of Heritage Sites (ISOS) is part of a 1981 Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council implementing the Federal Law on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage.

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Investiture Controversy

The Investiture controversy or Investiture contest was a conflict between church and state in medieval Europe over the ability to appoint local church officials through investiture.

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Italian language

Italian (or lingua italiana) is a Romance language.

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Italian Wars

The Italian Wars, often referred to as the Great Italian Wars or the Great Wars of Italy and sometimes as the Habsburg–Valois Wars or the Renaissance Wars, were a series of conflicts from 1494 to 1559 that involved, at various times, most of the city-states of Italy, the Papal States, the Republic of Venice, most of the major states of Western Europe (France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, England, and Scotland) as well as the Ottoman Empire.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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J. M. W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851), known as J. M. W. Turner and contemporarily as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist, known for his expressive colourisation, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings.

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Juniper

Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae.

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Kindergarten

Kindergarten (from German, literally meaning 'garden for the children') is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school.

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King of Italy

King of Italy (Latin: Rex Italiae; Italian: Re d'Italia) was the title given to the ruler of the Kingdom of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

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Lake Como

Lake Como (Lago di Como or locally in Italian, also known as Lario, after the Latin name of the lake; Lagh de Còmm in Lombard; Latin: Larius Lacus) is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy.

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Lake Lugano

Lake Lugano (Lago di Lugano or Ceresio, from Ceresius lacus; Luganersee) is a glacial lake which is situated on the border between southern Switzerland and northern Italy.

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Lake Maggiore

Lake Maggiore (Lago Maggiore, literally 'Greater Lake') or Lago Verbàno (Lacus Verbanus) is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps.

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Lepontic language

Lepontic is an ancient Alpine Celtic language that was spoken in parts of Rhaetia and Cisalpine Gaul (what is now Northern Italy) between 550 and 100 BC.

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Lepontine Alps

The Lepontine Alps (Lepontinische Alpen, Alpes lépontines, Alpi Lepontine) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps.

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Leventina District

The Leventina District is one of the eight districts of the largely Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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List of German monarchs

This is a list of monarchs who ruled over the German territories of central Europe from the division of the Frankish Empire in 843 (by which a separate Eastern Frankish Kingdom was created), until the collapse of the German Empire in 1918.

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List of rulers of Milan

The following is a list of rulers of Milan from the 13th century to 1814, after which it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia by the Congress of Vienna.

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Locarno

Locarno (Ticinese: Locarn; formerly in Luggárus) is a southern Swiss town and municipality in the district Locarno (and its capital), located on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore at its northeastern tip in the canton of Ticino at the southern foot of the Swiss Alps.

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Locarno railway station

Locarno railway station (Stazione di Locarno) serves the city of Locarno, in the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland.

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Lombards

The Lombards or Longobards (Langobardi, Longobardi, Longobard (Western)) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774.

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Lombardy

Lombardy (Lombardia; Lumbardia, pronounced: (Western Lombard), (Eastern Lombard)) is one of the twenty administrative regions of Italy, in the northwest of the country, with an area of.

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Louis XII of France

Louis XII (27 June 1462 – 1 January 1515) was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504.

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Luca Tramontin

Luca Tramontin (born 22 February 1966) is an Italian former rugby player and television sports personality.

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Lucerne

Lucerne (Luzern; Lucerne; Lucerna; Lucerna; Lucerne German: Lozärn) is a city in central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of the country.

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Ludovico Sforza

Ludovico Maria Sforza (also known as Ludovico il Moro; 27 July 1452 – 27 May 1508), was Duke of Milan from 1494, following the death of his nephew Gian Galeazzo Sforza, until 1499.

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Lugano

Lugano is a city in southern Switzerland in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino bordering Italy.

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Lugano Prealps

The Lugano Prealps (Prealpi Luganesi or Prealpi Lombarde Occidentali in Italian) are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps.

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Lugano railway station

Lugano railway station (Stazione di Lugano) is the main railway station of the city of Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino.

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Luino

Luino (Western Lombard: Lüin) is a small town and comune near the border with Switzerland on the eastern shore of Lake Maggiore, in the Province of Varese (Lombardy, northern Italy).

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Lukmanier Pass

Lukmanier Pass (Italian: Passo del Lucomagno, Romansh: Cuolm Lucmagn) is a pass (el. 1915 m.) in the Swiss Alps.

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March of Ivrea

The March of Ivrea was a large frontier county in the northwest of the medieval Italian kingdom from the late 9th to the early 11th century.

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Mesocco

Mesocco is a municipality in the Moesa Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

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Metres above sea level

Metres above mean sea level (MAMSL) or simply metres above sea level (MASL or m a.s.l.) is a standard metric measurement in metres of the elevation or altitude of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level.

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Milan

Milan (Milano; Milan) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome, with the city proper having a population of 1,380,873 while its province-level municipality has a population of 3,235,000.

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Milan–Malpensa Airport

Milan–Malpensa Airport, formerly City of Busto Arsizio Airport, is the largest international airport in the Milan metropolitan area in northern Italy.

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Moleno

Moleno is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Monte Carasso

Monte Carasso is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Monte Ceneri

Monte Ceneri is a mountain pass in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Neolithic Europe

Neolithic Europe is the period when Neolithic technology was present in Europe, roughly between 7000 BCE (the approximate time of the first farming societies in Greece) and c. 1700 BCE (the beginning of the Bronze Age in northwest Europe).

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Nufenen Pass

Nufenen Pass (Italian: Passo della Novena, German: Nufenenpass) (el. 2478 m.) is the second highest mountain pass with a paved road within Switzerland - after Umbrailpass.

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Old Swiss Confederacy

The Old Swiss Confederacy (Modern German: Alte Eidgenossenschaft; historically Eidgenossenschaft, after the Reformation also République des Suisses, Res publica Helvetiorum "Republic of the Swiss") was a loose confederation of independent small states (cantons, German or) within the Holy Roman Empire.

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Olivone

Olivone (English: Big Olive) was a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Ostrogoths

The Ostrogoths (Ostrogothi, Austrogothi) were the eastern branch of the later Goths (the other major branch being the Visigoths).

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Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto III (June/July 980 – 23 January 1002) was Holy Roman Emperor from 996 until his early death in 1002.

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Ottonian dynasty

The Ottonian dynasty (Ottonen) was a Saxon dynasty of German monarchs (919–1024), named after three of its kings and Holy Roman Emperors named Otto, especially its first Emperor Otto I. It is also known as the Saxon dynasty after the family's origin in the German stem duchy of Saxony.

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Pianezzo

Pianezzo is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Po Valley

The Po Valley, Po Plain, Plain of the Po, or Padan Plain (Pianura Padana, or Val Padana) is a major geographical feature of Northern Italy.

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Pollegio

Pollegio is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland, located in the lower Leventina (valley crossed by the river Ticino).

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Ponte Tresa

Ponte Tresa is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Population growth

In biology or human geography, population growth is the increase in the number of individuals in a population.

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PostBus Switzerland

PostBus Switzerland (known as PostAuto Schweiz in Swiss Standard German, CarPostal Suisse in Swiss French, AutoPostale Svizzera in Swiss Italian and Auto da Posta Svizra in Romansh) is a subsidiary company of the Swiss Post, which provides regional and rural bus services throughout Switzerland, and also in France and Liechtenstein.

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Precipitation

In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity.

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Preonzo

Preonzo is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Primary sector of the economy

An industry involved in the extraction and collection of natural resources, such as copper and timber, as well as by activities such as farming and fishing.

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Rabadan

Rabadan is a carnival festival that takes place in the town of Bellinzona, capital of southern canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Como

The Catholic Diocese of Como (Dioecesis Comensis) in northern Italy, has existed since the fourth century.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire (Imperium Rōmānum,; Koine and Medieval Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, tr.) was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia.

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Romansh language

Romansh (also spelled Romansch, Rumantsch, or Romanche; Romansh:, rumàntsch, or) is a Romance language spoken predominantly in the southeastern Swiss canton of Grisons (Graubünden), where it has official status alongside German and Italian.

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San Bernardino Pass

San Bernardino Pass (Passo del San Bernardino, Bernhardinpass) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the Hinterrhein and the Mesolcina (Misox) valleys between Thusis (canton of Graubünden) and Bellinzona (canton of Ticino).

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San Jorio Pass

The San Jorio Pass, located between the Lepontine Alps and the Lugano Prealps at an altitude of above sea level, connects Garzeno in the Italian province of Como with Carena in the Swiss canton of Ticino.

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Sant'Antonio, Bellinzona

Sant'Antonio is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Schöllenen Gorge

Schöllenen Gorge (Schöllenenschlucht; Schöllenen) is a gorge formed by the upper Reuss in the Swiss canton of Uri between the towns of Göschenen to the north and Andermatt to the south.

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Schwyz

The town of Schwyz (Schwytz; Svitto) is the capital of the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.

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Secondary sector of the economy

The secondary sector of the economy includes industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction.

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Sementina

Sementina is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian, also called Serbo-Croat, Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), or Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.

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Siege

A siege is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or a well-prepared assault.

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Social Democratic Party of Switzerland

The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (also rendered as Swiss Socialist Party; Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz, SP; Parti socialiste suisse, PS; Partito Socialista Svizzero; Partida Socialdemocrata de la Svizra) is a political party in Switzerland.

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Stadio Comunale Bellinzona

Stadio Comunale Bellinzona is a multi-use stadium in Bellinzona, Switzerland.

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Succession of states

Succession of states is a theory and practice in international relations regarding successor states.

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Swabia

Swabia (Schwaben, colloquially Schwabenland or Ländle; in English also archaic Suabia or Svebia) is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.

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Swiss 1. Liga (ice hockey)

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Swiss Alps

The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps (Schweizer Alpen, Alpes suisses, Alpi svizzere, Alps svizras), represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.

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Swiss Challenge League

The Swiss Challenge League or Brack.ch Challenge League is the second highest tier of the Swiss football league system.

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Swiss federal election, 2007

Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007.

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Swiss franc

The franc (sign: Fr. or SFr.; Franken, French and Romansh: franc, franco; code: CHF) is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia.

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Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance

The Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance (Schweizerisches Inventar der Kulturgüter von nationaler und regionaler Bedeutung; Inventaire suisse des biens culturels d'importance nationale et régionale; Inventario dei beni culturali svizzeri d'importanza nazionale e regionale) is a register of some 8,300 items of cultural property in Switzerland.

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Swiss Reformed Church

The Swiss Reformed Church (Evangelisch-reformierte Kirchen der Schweiz, "Evangelical Reformed Churches of Switzerland") refers to the Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) and spread within a few years to Basel (Johannes Oecolampadius), Bern (Berchtold Haller and Niklaus Manuel), St. Gallen (Joachim Vadian), to cities in southern Germany and via Alsace (Martin Bucer) to France.

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Switzerland in the Napoleonic era

During the French Revolutionary Wars, the revolutionary armies marched eastward, enveloping Switzerland in their battles against Austria.

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Tertiary sector of the economy

The tertiary sector or service sector is the third of the three economic sectors of the three-sector theory.

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Ticino (river)

The river Ticino (Tisín; French and Tessin; Ticīnus) is the most important perennial left-bank tributary of the Po.

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Ticino League

The Ticino League (Lega dei Ticinesi) is an isolationist, national conservative political party in Switzerland active in the canton of Ticino.

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Transalpine campaigns of the Old Swiss Confederacy

The transalpine campaigns of the Old Swiss Confederacy, known as Ennetbirgische Feldzüge "transmontane campaigns" in Swiss historiography, were military expeditions which resulted in the conquest of territories south of the Alps, corresponding more or less to the modern canton of Ticino, on the part of the Old Swiss Confederacy.

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Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia

TILO (Regional Trains Ticino Lombardia) is a limited company established in 2004 as a joint venture between Italian railway company Trenord and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), both companies participate in the equity of TILO SA with participation of 50%.

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Val Mesolcina

The Val Mesolcina, also known as the Valle Mesolcina or Misox, is an alpine valley of the Grisons, Switzerland, stretching from the San Bernardino Pass to Grono where it joins the Calanca Valley.

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Varese

Varese (Latin Baretium, archaic Väris, Varés in Varesino) is a city and comune in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan.

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Visconti of Milan

Visconti is the family name of important Italian noble dynasties of the Middle Ages.

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Voter turnout

Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election.

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Walnut

A walnut is the nut of any tree of the genus Juglans (Family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, Juglans regia.

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Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia

Wenceslaus (also Wenceslas; Václav IV.; Wenzel, nicknamed der Faule ("the Idle"); 26 February 1361 – 16 August 1419) was, by inheritance, King of Bohemia (as Wenceslaus IV) from 1363 and by election, German King (formally King of the Romans) from 1376.

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World Heritage site

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

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Zürich Hauptbahnhof

Zürich Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to Zürich HB) (Zürich Main Station or Zürich Central Station) is the largest railway station in Switzerland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellinzona

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