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Orselina Must See
Funicolare Madonna del Sasso
4 \-= Santuario
Promenade VIA ALLA BA S I L I CA della Madonna
Lungolago Giuseppe del Sasso V I A D E L S O L E
Motta V. MARIANI
Lined with trees, plants and VIA AI MONTI Muralto VIA SAN GOTTARDO
Belvedere
VIA
shrubs from around the world, V I A S EMP I O N E STAZIONE MURALTO
this lakeshore promenade VIA A I MONTI V I A AL SASSO Locarno
VIA COLLEGIATA
r esem bles the seafront boule­ VIA AI MONT I Locarno Station Chiesa di
PIAZZA
vards of the French Riviera. Chiesa VIA C APPUCCINI FLMS V. SAN GOTTARDO STAZIONE San Vittore
Sant’Antonio
The prom enade leads north­ Abate VIA BORGHESE Chiesa V. D. MONACHE Parco Lungolago
VIALE VERBANO
wards to the end of the lake, Nuova Locarno
where the Ghisla Art Collection, VIA CITTADELLA LARGO FRANCESCO ZORZI
Casa
Parco
a small gallery, hangs an Rusca Piazza del Toro
eclectic array of abstract art. Castello Grande V. DELLA PACE Ghisla
VIA ANTONIO CISERI
Art Collection
To the south, the prom enade Visconteo Promenade
VIA BERNARDINO LUINI
leads towards the marina, Chiesa San Lungolago
Francesco
beyond which is a sandy beach PIAZZA VIA GIOVANNI ORELLI Giuseppe Motta
Palazzo della
and an im pres sive public pool. CASTELLO Conferenza V. S. DA LOCARNO Lake
0 metres 300 N VIA STEFANO FRANSCINI GIUSEPPE MOTTA Maggiore
0 yards 300 VIA FRANCESCO BALLERINI
LUNGOLAGO
Parco Isolino
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Chiesa di San Vittore
⌂ Via Collegiata, Muralto 7 "'-
Built in the 12th­century, the Casa Rusca
Romanesque basilica of San ⌂ Piazza Sant’ Antonio
Vittore stands on the site of a § 091 756 31 85 # 10am–
10th­century church in Muralto, 12pm & 2–5pm Tue–Sun
east of the train station. The
basilica’s belfry, begun in the This elegant 18th­century
16th century but only com­ residence, with an arcaded
pleted in 1932, has a charming courtyard, houses Locarno’s
Renaissance relief of St Victor. art gallery. Fully refurbished in
The austere inter ior bears 2018, the museum focuses on
traces of medieval frescoes, the work of modern and con­ Detail of the exquisite
and below, the crypt contains temporary artists, many of ceiling of Santuario della
columns with carved capitals. whom have donated pieces Madonna del Sasso
of their work to the gallery.
A highlight of the permanent where legend claims the
6 collection is a display of work Madonna appeared before
by Hans Arp (1886–1966), the
Bartolomeo da Ivrea, a monk
Chiesa Nuova Dadaist artist who spent his in the Franciscan order. The
final years in Locarno. present church is decorated
⌂ Via Cittadella
with frescoes and oil paintings,
This church, also known as including an altarpiece with
Chiesa Santa Maria Assunta, 8 the Flight into Egypt painted
was completed in 1636. Its by Bramantino in 1522.
construction was funded Santuario della
by the architect Cristoforo Madonna del Sasso
Orelli. It has a splendid pastel­ ⌂ Via Santuario 2, Orselina 9
painted Baroque inte rior with # 7am–6pm daily
sumptuous stucco work and ∑ madonnadelsasso.org Palazzo della
paintings depic ting scenes Conferenza
from the life of the Virgin. The pilgrimage church of the ⌂ Via della Pace
Gracing the west front is a Madonna of the Rock (Santa
large statue of St Christopher Maria Assunta) overlooks the It was in this palazzo that the
with unusually tiny feet for a town from the summit of a Treaty of Locarno, drawn up
statue of its size. The Palazzo wooded spur. Dating from between Germany and other
Cristoforo Orelli, next to the 1596, the church stands on European countries in the
church, now serves as the the site of a chapel that was aftermath of World War I,
canon’s office. built in 1487 to mark the spot was ratified in 1925.
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