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5 unusual facts about Locarno


Andreas Burckhardt

Andreas Burckhardt (1986, Locarno) is a Swiss-American author and the great-nephew of artist Rudy Burckhardt.

Avegno Gordevio

The strong population growth in recent decades is due to the proximity to Locarno.

Iradj Alexander

Iradj Alexander (born September 17, 1975 in Locarno) is a race car driver.

Locarno

The Astrovia Locarno is a 1 : 1,000,000,000 scale model of the Solar System.

Voices of Iraq

In 2005, Voices of Iraq screened as part of the Directors Guild of America "Filmmaking and War" series and screened in international films festivals at Locarno, Edinburgh, Melbourne, South Korea and the Philippines.


Background of the occupation of the Baltic states

Next, the Soviets turned to the "Eastern Locarno" plan, which was originally proposed by French foreign minister Louis Barthou.

Bahman Maghsoudlou

The Suitors, selected for the Cannes in 1988; Manhattan by Numbers (by Amir Naderi), selected for Venice and Toronto 1993; Seven Servants by Daryush Shokof, selected for Berlin, Toronto and Locarno 1996, and Silence of the Sea, selected for the Mannheim Film Festival 2003.

Biju Viswanath

Only two other Indian films have made it to Locarno in its 54-year history, the other being the Oscar-nominated Hindi film Lagaan.

Cavigliano

The train station in the municipality on the Locarno-Domodossola line was built in 1923.

Centovalli

Between 1889-93, the main road was built, followed in 1923 by a station on the Locarno-Domodossola railway line.

Cugnasco

Cugnasco was located at the crossroads of two important trade routes from Locarno to Bellinzona and from Cugnasco to Contone, which was near the so-called Porto sul Ticino, a river crossing.

Din Thomas

He also appeared in the 2007 Gotham Award-nominated independent feature film Loren Cass which had its United States premiere at Dennis Hopper's CineVegas Film Festival and its international premiere in the prestigious Filmmakers of the Present competition at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland; a future wide release is anticipated.

Heliswiss

During the following years Heliswiss expanded in Switzerland and formed a network with bases in Belp BE, Samedan GR, Domat Ems GR, Locarno TI, Erstfeld UR, Gampel VS, Gstaad BE and Gruyères FR.

Intragna

Intragna has good railway connection with Locarno, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy, as well as bus connections that lead to various hiking routes.

Neuroheuristics

The neuroheuristic paradigm was presented for the first time at the conference Entrer dans le XXIe siècle : de l'apoptose à la métamorphose, held in 1994 at the Centro Stefano Franscini Monte Verità, under the auspice of the XV Videart Festival Locarno.

Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy

 ISBN 978-0-582-32255-4; ISBN 978-0-582-32256-1.This Spanish - Scottish Specialist in Slavonic Studies, one of the daughters of Spanish International historian and diplomat Salvador de Madariaga, (July 23, 1886, La Coruña, Spain – December 14, 1978 Locarno, Switzerland), and the aunt of NATO and European Community Spanish politician and physicist Javier Solana y de Madariaga, (born July 14, 1942 in Madrid, Spain).

Tutto Live

The album was recorded between May and November 1985 at Berlin, Montreux, Siena, Locarno and Dortmund.

Walo Lüönd

Walo Lüönd (born 13 April 1927 in Zug, † 17 June 2012 in Locarno) was a Swiss movie actor, best known for his role in the movie The Swissmakers (Die Schweizermacher) along with comedian Emil Steinberger.


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