Location within Switzerland

Bellinzona is the capital city of canton Ticino in Switzerland. The city is famous for its three castles (Castelgrande, Montebello, Sasso Corbaro) that are now part of the UNESCO world heritage. The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ... Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland, and almost entirely German-speaking municipality of Italian enclave of Campione dItalia. ... In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each Canton is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... -1... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Here are postal codes of Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Zone 1 1000s are found in Lausanne, Lavaux and parts of Morges, 1100s in parts of Morges, 1200s are in Geneva and parts of La Côte, Vaud, 1300s in La Vallée, 1500s are found in Clavaleyres, the 1700s are found... The Official Munipality Key, formerly also known as the Official Municipality Characteristic Number or Municipality Code Number, is a number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities or municipality-free areas. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1803x1473, 115 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1803x1473, 115 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. ... The main gatehouse of Harlech Castle, Wales. ... UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1945. ... Site #86: Memphis and its Necropolis, including the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt). ...

It is an important stop for major trains heading either north toward Arth-Goldau and Basel or Zürich, or south toward Lugano, Chiasso and Italy or bound for the southwest, Locarno. Arth-Goldau in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, exists only on Swiss Federal Railways maps, for it is merely the name of railway station of both the localities of Arth and Goldau. ... Location within Switzerland Basel (English traditionally: Basle , German: Basel , French: Bâle , Italian: Basilea ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands second-largest urban area as of 2003). ... Location within Switzerland â–¶ (help· info) (German pronunciation IPA: ; in English often Zurich, without the umlaut) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... Location within Switzerland Lugano is a city in south-east Switzerland, in the Italian speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy. ... Chiasso (pronounced Kyah-so) is a town in Switzerland. ... Location within Switzerland Locarno is a city located on Lake Maggiore (Lago Maggiore) in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino, close to Ascona. ...

The A2 and A13 motorways, as well as some main roads, link here, thus making it an important transportational node. The A2 motorway in Ticino, suspended over viaducts The A2 motorway is a motorway in Switzerland. ... The A13 between Sargans and Chur (August 2004 image) The A13 becomes a motorroad, passing near Sufers (August 2004 image) The A13 is a motorway, at times a motorroad (German: Autostrasse, or motorroad, alternatively an express route), which runs from St. ...

The city is also known for its carnival Rabadan. Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival is a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ... Rabadan is a carnival festival that takes place in the town of Bellinzona, capital of southern canton of Ticino in Switzerland. ...

Bellinzona from South, by J.M.W. Turner

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1443, 274 KB) Description: Title: de: Bellinzona von Süden Technique: de: Aquarell Dimensions: de: 23 × 33 cm Country of origin: de: Großbritanien Current location (city): de: London Current location (gallery): de: British Museum Other notes: de: Landschaftsmalerei Source: The... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1443, 274 KB) Description: Title: de: Bellinzona von Süden Technique: de: Aquarell Dimensions: de: 23 × 33 cm Country of origin: de: Großbritanien Current location (city): de: London Current location (gallery): de: British Museum Other notes: de: Landschaftsmalerei Source: The... J. M. W. Turner, English landscape painter The fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, painted 1839. ...

External links

• Bellinzona official website
• Rabadan carnival