Lugano
Appearance
Lugano (Italian pronunciation: [luˈɡaːno]) is a ceety in soothren Swisserland, in the Italian-speakin canton o Ticino, which borders Italy. The population o the ceety proper is 71,500, an the population o the urban agglomeration is ower 145,000. It is the 9t lairgest ceety o Swisserland bi population, the lairgest ceety in Ticino, an the lairgest ceety wi an Italian speakin majority ootside Italy.[5]
The ceety lees on Loch Lugano, surroondit bi the muntains o the Lugano Prealps. Its wairm simmers an the fact that in recent years it haes attractit an iver growin nummer o celebrities, enterteeners, an successfu athletes hae gien it the elk-name o the "Monte Carlo o Swisserland".[6][7]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Retrieved 13 Januar 2019.
- ↑ https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/fr/px-x-0102020000_201/-/px-x-0102020000_201.px/; date retrieved: 2 Juin 2020.
- ↑ "Quartieri" (in Italian). City of Lugano. Archived frae the original on 16 Mey 2012. Retrieved 23 Julie 2012. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 17 Julie 2012.
- ↑ Top 20 Cities in Switzerland on Population
- ↑ "Svizzera – Lugano – Guida alle città svizzere" (in Italian). Archived frae the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ "Hôtels à Lugano" (in French). Archived frae the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008. Unknown parameter
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Further readin
[eedit | eedit soorce]- "Lugano and its Environs". Switzerland: with the Neighboring Lakes of Northern Italy, Savoy, and the Adjacent Districts of Piedmont, Lombardy and the Tyrol, Handbook for Travellers. Coblenz: Karl Baedeker. 1863.
- "Lugano and its Lake", Switzerland, Together with Chamonix and the Italian Lakes (26th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1922, OCLC 4248970
- "Lugano", The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Lugano. |
- Official website Archived 2009-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Lugano Tourism
- Lugano travel guide frae Wikivoyage