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 Visit-Switzerland - Canton Ticino
Subsequently, the upper valley of the Ticino River, from the St. Gotthard to the town of Biasca (Leventina Valley) was part of Canton Uri.
The lands of the canton of Ticino are the first lands to be conquered by the Swiss Confederation.
The lands of the canton are shaped by the river and form a wide valley, commonly known as the Riviera.
www.visit-switzerland.ch /cantons/ticino.htm   (986 words)

  
  Ticino
Wedge shaped, Ticino protrudes into Italy to the west and south and is bounded by the cantons of Valais and Uri to the north and Graubünden to the northeast.
The western part of the canton is drained by the Maggia and its numerous right-bank tributaries, and the Verzasca valley lies between the Ticino and the Maggia.
The remainder of the canton, a triangular fragment of broken hill country to the southeast, drains to Lake Lugano.
www.orbilat.com /Encyclopaedia/T/Ticino.html   (418 words)

  
  Science Fair Projects - Ticino
To the north lie the cantons of Valais and Uri, to the northeast the canton of Graubünden.
The Canton of Uri conquered the Leventina Valley in 1440.
The weather in the canton is often inverse to that north of the Alps.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Ticino   (1109 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Ticino
A Ticinese Flair for Life : Although the canton of ticino is officially part of switzerland, its architecture, food, language, and attitudes testify to the region's italian character.
Springtime in Ticino: Ticino is the only Swiss canton that lies entirely south of the Alps.
Merlot grapes in a vineyard in the Swiss province of Ticino.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Ticino&StartAt=1   (832 words)

  
 banche canton ticino - BSI Bank
BSI banche canton ticino pone la massima attenzione nello stabilire e nel mantenere costanti le relazioni con i clienti e allo stesso tempo offre una gestione globale con prodotti efficaci e di alto livello.
BSI banche canton ticino accompagna i propri clienti da più di 130 anni.
BSI banche canton ticino è una banca internazionale di gestione patrimoniale per vocazione che vanta una vasta esperienza operativa acquisita direttamente sulle principali piazze finanziarie mondiali.
banche.bsibank.com /banche-canton-ticino   (439 words)

  
 Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
The liberal cantons of the Diocese of Basle (all except Lucerne and Zug) closed the seminary for priests in April, 1870, and forbade the promulgation of the decrees of the Council of the Vatican.
The parishes in the Cantons of Zug and Schaffhausen are not united in a rural chapter.
Soon after the formation of the Canton of Ticino, in 1803, efforts were made to separate it in its church relations as well as from foreign powers and to unite it in these with the rest of Switzerland.
www.ccel.org /ccel/herbermann/cathen02.html?term=Basle-Lugano   (3001 words)

  
 Finance Choices - Personal Finance Wiki
Canton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland.
The lands of the canton of Ticino are the last lands to be conquered by the Swiss Confederation.
The canton of Grisons (Graubünden) is connected with a direct coach link, whereas the canton of Valais is connected by rail through a tunnel at the Simplon Pass.
www.financechoices.co.uk /personal-finance-wiki.php?title=Ticino   (1468 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Ticino, canton, Switzerland, Switzerland (Swiss Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Largely a mountainous region, Ticino embraces the Ticino River valley and part of Lago Maggiore and of the Lake of Lugano.
Ticino is noted for its resorts, particularly Locarno and Lugano; tourism is the region's most important industy.
It was ruled until 1798 by Schwyz and Uri cantons and became a Swiss canton in 1803.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Ticino.html   (265 words)

  
 Ticino, Switzerland | Comunes of Italy
For many years Ticino was the object of dispute between Como and Milan due to its commercial and strategic importance and was tossed back and forth by the militant diocese of Milan and Como, by the Guelfs and Ghibellines, the Viscontis and the Sforzas, just to name a few.
Ticino remained under the domination of the sovereign cantons as a bailiwick until the end of the 18th century when it emerged from the revolutionary Napoleonic period as an independent and free Swiss canton (1803).
Among these are the two lakes at the foot of the Alps where the Ticino borders on Italy: Lake Maggiore, broad and majestic, nestling among the last of the Alpine foothills, and the contorted and somewhat confusing Lake Lugano, which lies between the majestic peaks of Monte Bra, San Salvatore, San Giorgio and Monte Generoso.
www.comunesofitaly.org /ticino_database   (541 words)

  
 Ticino Switzerland
The Italian-speaking canton of TICINO (Tessin in German and French) occupies the balmy, lake-laced southern foothills of the Alps.
Ticino is divided topographically in two by the modest Monte Ceneri range (1961m), two-thirds of the way down: the area to the north is the Sopraceneri (“Above Ceneri”), that to the south is Sottoceneri (“Below Ceneri”).
Ticino is known, too, for its plethora of ancient churches in hamlets and villages across the canton, many of them Romanesque and containing medieval frescoes, and most also featuring huge external murals of St Christopher, patron saint of travellers.
switzerland.isyours.com /e/guide/ticino/index.html   (939 words)

  
 Destination Weddings in the canton of Ticino
Couples that married in Ticino were charmed by the romance of its scenery.
Ticino’s stunning natural beauty is enchanting: the crystal clear azure water of the lakes, the wooded hills on its shores, gently swaying date palms and the lushly flowering bright purple bougainvillea climbing the walls of the luxurious villas and historical buildings are astonishing.
Ticino is also known for its numerous ancient churches in all the little villages across the canton.
www.swissweddings.net /destination_wedding_locations/ticino.html   (230 words)

  
 And what about Ticino? Sometimes called the Swiss Riviera, Ticino is distinct for its minority language, a flavour of ...
Sometimes called the Swiss Riviera, Ticino is distinct for its minority language, a flavour of church and community, and cultural connections to neighbouring Italy.
Switzerland's Italian-speaking canton of Ticino holds an attraction of almost mythical proportions for many Swiss and tourists.
Tourism, driven by the warm weather and spectacular lake scenery ringed by mountains, plays a large role in the economy of the canton: Ticino consistently ranks in the top five Swiss cantons in terms of tourist visits and overnight stays.
www.accessmylibrary.com /coms2/summary_0286-14019131_ITM   (449 words)

  
 Ticino canton (Switzerland)
The most plausible is that the red and blue were derived from the predominant colours of the arms of the eight districts which came to form Ticino.
In May 1803, two months after the creation of the canton, the Great Council resolved that the arms would be red and blue but did not specify their relative positions.
In 1809 the canton organised its military forces, and adopted a red over blue battle flag with the gold inscriptions "Pro Patria" in the upper part, and "Pagus Ticinensis" in the lower.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ch-ti.html   (514 words)

  
 uk ch: Celebrating Ticino in London
Ticino has a skyline dominated by the Alps in the north and encompasses Lake Lugano and part of Lake Maggiore.
The canton's best-known attractions are the lakeside towns of Lugano and Ascona, the medieval castles of Bellinzona and an international film festival in Locarno.
Mr Spinner will inaugurate the museum's Ticino Week with a reception, where members of Ticino's cantonal government will be the guests of honour.
www.uk-ch.org /articles/ticino.html   (487 words)

  
 swissinfo - Fashion Valley threatened by EU customs tax
In Ticino, shocked fashion executives are hoping Brussels will drop plans to introduce the tax completely.
It’s a similar story at Hugo Boss, Bally and Gucci, all of whom have logistics centres clustered in the tongue-shaped strip of Ticino that juts into northern Italy.
“Fashion Valley” is in the canton of Ticino.
www.swissinfo.org /eng/swissinfo.html?siteSect=43&sid=4781120   (698 words)

  
 Ticino : Introduction | Frommers.com
Officially, the canton begins at Airolo (the southern exit of the St. Gotthard Tunnel), but most visitors head for the district's major resorts of Locarno, Lugano, and fast-rising Ascona.
The Ticino was basically carved out of the Duchy of Milan by Swiss soldiers and staunchly defended in several bloody battles.
The name of the canton is taken from the Ticino River, a tributary of northern Italy's Po River.
www.frommers.com /destinations/ticino/2611010001.html   (578 words)

  
 Schulers Books (Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino - 1/38)
- Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino - 1/38 -
ALPS AND SANCTUARIES OF PIEDMONT AND THE CANTON TICINO
Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino - 1/38
www.schulers.com /books/sa/a/Alps_and_Sanctuaries_of_Piedmont_and_the_Canton_Ticino   (1400 words)

  
 Alto Ticino Switzerland   (Site not responding. Last check: )
By far the most pristine part of this sometimes tiresomely touristic canton, the region of ALTO TICINO (Upper Ticino) north of Bellinzona is a haven of wild, lonesome valleys cutting deep into the landscape on the approach to the high Alps, dotted with rustic stone-built hamlets teetering on steep slopes.
As throughout the rest of the canton – though less obtrusively here – many of the original Ticinese communities, which laboured so long to scrape a living from the land, are now financially enriched, if culturally challenged, by the presence of many German and Swiss-German second-home-owners seeking refuge from the pressures of city life.
You’d do well to check your planned itinerary with the tourist office in Bellinzona before you set off: although information and maps are much the same wherever you go, staff in the regional tourist offices in Biasca, Acquarossa and Airolo are less likely to be fluent in English.
www.switzerland.isyours.com /e/guide/ticino/altoticino.html   (336 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Basle-Lugano
Lucerne which, like the canton of Zug, had protested against the action of the other cantons and had remained faithful to the bishop.
The parishes in the Cantons of Zug and Schaffhausen are not united in a rural
Basle from among the members of the clergy of the Canton of Ticino.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/02338a.htm   (3041 words)

  
 canton - Search Results - MSN Encarta
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uk.encarta.msn.com /canton.html   (154 words)

  
 Fullscreen QTVR - Bellinzona Castles
Bellinzona, capital of the Ticino canton just north of Italy, was a medieval stronghold, guarding the approaches to the Alps.
The castle Castelgrande was built in the 13th century; until the beginning of the 20th century the outer wall reached up to the Ticino river.
Bellinzona's Castelgrande, refurbished between 1980 and 1991 by the well-known Ticino architect Aurelio Galfetti, offers walks on the ramparts, particularly appealing at night when all the castles and churches in the old town are illuminated.
www.fullscreenqtvr.com /bellinzona_castelli   (392 words)

  
 Swiss Genealogy : Canton Ticino
The Canton of Ticino takes its name from the Ticino River which runs into Lake Maggiore from the north.
In1798, the Ticino area requested to remain with the Helvetic Republic instead of becoming part of Napoleon's Cisalpinian Republic which emerged in 1803.
At Napoleon's defeat in 1815 the Swiss Federation was enlarged to 22 cantons and Europe's big powers guaranteed Switzerland's territory and recognized the nation's permanent neutrality (see also Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Swiss History, But Were Afraid to Ask).
www.eye.ch /swissgen/kant/tiallg-e.htm   (551 words)

  
 CESNUR - Canton of Ticino Report on Cults
On October 2, 1998 the Swiss Canton of Ticino (the only Italian-speaking Canton of Switzerland) published its report on “Questions on Religious Cults”.
Unlike Type I reports (France 1996, Belgium 1997, Canton of Geneva 1997), Type II reports (Italy 1998, Germany 1998, Sweden 1998, Berger report submitted to the European Parliament) take into account scholarly criticism of the anti-cult paradigm and do not include lists of “dangerous cults”.
Although it includes some factual mistakes (for example, information on the Children of God/The Family and on the Unification Church is not updated), the Ticino report is a typical Type II report.
www.cesnur.org /testi/Ticino_Engl.htm   (616 words)

  
 CERINI Family History
This influx overburdened the canton of Ticino and plunged the region into oppressive poverty which in turn forced 20,000 Italian-Swiss residents to emigrate to California between 1850 and 1930.
Lodovico POMI was the first-born son of Anonziatta CERINI and Frank POMI of Giumaglio, Ticino canton, Switzerland.
Olga CERINI was born in Giumaglio, Ticino canton, Switzerland on 5 December 1891.
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 Canton Ticino
Esso è situato nel versante meridionale delle Alpi centrali e confina: a sud/ovest e a est con l'Italia, a est e a nord con i Grigioni, a nord con il cantone di Uri e, per un breve tratto, a ovest con il cantone Vallese.
Il citato cantone prende il nome dal fiume Ticino che corrisponde quasi del tutto al suo bacino idrografico superiore.
Il canton Ticino conta 282.500 abitanti nel 1987, con una densità di 100 abitanti per chilometro quadrato.
members.tripod.com /media_canegrate/canton.htm   (443 words)

  
 Venice Commission - Commission de Venise
The tendency of cantonal governments to assume what amounts to a proportional composition is one of the plainest illustrations of Switzerland’s special position in the relationship between the electoral system and the political system.
It is part of the process whereby the cantonal executives are in effect constituted along proportional lines, although virtually all cantons stage the election of the cantonal executive under the majority system — Zug and Ticino are exceptions.
Stability is still more pronounced in Switzerland, and by and large both federal and cantonal electoral law have only been amended in secondary areas since the proportional system was introduced for the election of the legislative assembly in the recent or remote past.
www.venice.coe.int /DOCS/2001/CDL-INF(2001)016-E.asp   (4524 words)

  
 Swiss Riviera Entices Visitors with Sun-Drenched Piazzas and Warm Lake Waters
The town of Lucarno claims to be the sunniest spot in Switzerland, according to Caroline Jackson, in her recent travel feature at www.Travel-Wise.com.
"The Canton of Ticino — a balmy slice of Switzerland where pizza, polenta and pasta are served in sun-drenched piazzas; a canton whose southern toes are bathed in the warm waters of Lake Lugano and Lake Maggiore," describes Caroline.
For more details about the Swiss Canton of Ticino, as well as other sunny spots and 'secret' destinations around the world, visit www.Travel-Wise.com - "Where Smart Travelers Come First!" New travel reviews by professional travel writers are featured each week at this leading international travel website.
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