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LUGANO (Ger. Lauis)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 115 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LUGANO (Ger. Lauis) , the most populous and most thriving See also:town in the Swiss See also:canton of See also:Ticino or See also:Tessin, situated (906 ft.) on the See also:northern See also:shore of the See also:lake of Lugano. Pop. (1900) 9394, almost all See also:Italian-speaking and Romanists. To the S. it is dominated by the See also:Monte Salvatore (3004 ft.) and on the S.E. (across the lake) by the Monte Generoso (5591 ft.)—a magnificent view point. Both mountains are accessible by See also:railways. By See also:rail Lugano is 124 M. from See also:Lucerne and 512 M. from See also:Milan. Situated on the See also:main St Gotthard railway See also:line, Lugano is now easily reached, so that it is much frequented by visitors (largely See also:German) in See also:spring and in autumn. Though politically Swiss since 1512, Lugano is thoroughly Italian in See also:appearance and See also:character. Of See also:recent years many improvements have been made in the town, which has two important suburbs Paradiso to the See also:south and Cassarate to the See also:east. The railway station (1109 ft.) is above the town, and is connected with the See also:fine quays by a funicular railway.

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quay is a statue of See also:William Tell by the sculptor Vincenzo Vela (182o-1891), a native of the town, while other See also:works by him are in the gardens of private villas in the neighbourhood. The See also:principal See also:church, See also:San Lorenzo, in See also:part See also:dates back earlier than the 15th See also:century, while its richly sculptured See also:facade bears the figures 1517. This church is now the See also:cathedral church of the See also:bishop of Lugano, a see erected in 1888, with See also:jurisdiction over the Italian parts of See also:Switzerland. The church of See also:Santa Maria degli Angioli, built about 1499, and till 1848 occupied by See also:Franciscans, contains several very fine frescoes (particularly a Crucifixion) painted 1529-1530 by Bernardino See also:Luini. A See also:gallery containing See also:modern pictures has been built on the site of the old See also:palace of the bishops of See also:Como. During the struggle of 1848-1866 to expel the Austrians from See also:Lombardy, Lugano served as headquarters for Mazzini and his followers. Books and tracts intended for See also:distribution in See also:Italy were produced there and at Capolago (9 M. distant, at the S.E. end of the lake), and the efforts of the See also:Austrian See also:police to prevent their circulation were completely powerless. (W. A. B.

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