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The city of Lugano, the districts of Barbengo, Brè, Gandria and Biogno, and the sites of Cantine di Gandria and Castagnola are all part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites. [ 65 ] The heritage sites of national significance include two libraries, the Biblioteca Cantonale and the Biblioteca Salita dei Frati as well as the Swiss National ...
The city of Lugano made the former radio studio of the city available for the project free of charge. [7] In 1984, the "Swiss National Sound Archives Establishment Association" was founded, whose task was to set up the sound archives with the aim of transferring them to the Swiss National Library at a later date.
For this occasion the Swiss Television RSI (radio televisione della Svizzera italiana) films the Museum. [11] On September 4, 2013 the city of Lugano celebrated the 50th anniversary of the death of the sculptor.
Gandria is both a quarter of the city of Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino, and a village on the northern shore of Lake Lugano, which forms the core of that quarter.Until 2004, the quarter of Gandria was an independent municipality, joining with Lugano in that year.
Castagnola is a village on the northern shore of Lake Lugano, below the mountain of Monte Brè, in the Swiss canton of Ticino.Politically the village forms part of the Castagnola-Cassarate quarter of the city of Lugano, although until 1972 Castagnola-Cassarate was an independent municipality under the name Castagnola.
Breganzona is a quarter of the city of Lugano, Switzerland. Breganzona was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Lugano in 2004. It was first recorded in 984 as Brianzona. The municipality had 232 inhabitants in 1850, which increased to 369 in 1900, 883 in 1950, 4,654 in 1990 and 4,782 in 2000.
Politically the village forms part of the Brè-Aldesago quarter of the city of Lugano, although until 1972 Brè-Aldesago was an independent municipality, known simply as Brè until 1953. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The village of Brè was first recorded in 1280 as de Bre , and for most of its history has lived by agriculture and livestock.
Lugano was the name of a canton of the Helvetic Republic from 1798 to 1803, with its capital at Lugano. The canton unified the former Landvogteien of Lugano , Mendrisio , Locarno and Valmaggia . As with the other cantons of the Helvetic Republic, the autonomy of Lugano was very limited, the republic having been founded by Napoleon in order to ...