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05/01/2022

Sculpture by Nicolas Party 🎭

Outside the LAC building of the Museo della Svizzera Italiana (MASI), a sculpture by Nicolas Party: a large bright pink head looking towards the lake, in the act of contemplating the landscape.

The artist was born in Lausanne in 1980, but lives and works in New York.

03/01/2022

The wrought-iron gate at Ciani Park. 🇨🇭

The wrought-iron gate on the lakeshore in front of Villa Ciani, framing the gulf and the profile of Monte San Salvatore, is certainly one of the favourite perspectives of tourists visiting Lugano.

The work was saved during the demolition of Casa Rusca in Mendrisio and purchased by the painter Emilio Ferrazzini in 1959, thus avoiding its sale beyond the Gotthard. Built in the 18th century and considered a cantonal historical monument, the gate was sold to the City of Lugano, which acquired it with the financial contribution of Pro Lugano.

In 1960, the building, which was initially intended to be located in Ciani Park towards the mouth of the Cassarate River, was placed opposite the Villa, in front of the old dock, which today seems to be its ideal location.

20/12/2021

20/12/2021

15/12/2021

Ferrovie Luganesi FLP 🚞

The Ferrovie Luganesi SA (FLP) was founded at the beginning of the last century as a means of promoting the region, facilitating connections with the Lugano and canton areas.

The company, which received the Federal Concession, was founded thanks to some local personalities, Agostino and Giuseppe Soldati, Luigi Balestra and the mayor of Ponte Tresa Pietro Tognetti, who in just 18 months managed to complete the work and put the railway into operation on 5 June 1912.

12/12/2021

Mount San Salvatore 🏔

It has been accessible from Paradiso since 1890 by funicular railway built by Franz Josef Bucher and Josef Durrer-Gasser.

From the top of the mountain there is a view of Lake Lugano and the entire Lugano and Mendrisiotto areas. From Monte San Salvatore it is possible to make a two and a half hour hike from the Carona district to Morcote.

The summit can be reached in about one and a half hours with a difference in altitude of 150 m and a total length of 250 m via the Monte San Salvatore via ferrata.

11/12/2021

Butchery and Delicatessen Gabbani 🥩

Since 1937, the butcher's shop with gastronomic specialities in Lugano has been a renowned address for excellent products, selected local delicacies and premium specialities from abroad.

The shop windows under the arcades in Via Pessina highlight not only the fine meats and charcuterie but also the professional butchers who work the meat with expertise and serve the customers with courtesy.

07/12/2021

La Freccia Rossa 🚂

A tour of the city of Lugano on board the beautiful tourist train "La Freccia Rossa" allows all families to discover the beauties of Lugano and its surroundings.

From its carriages you can admire the funiculars of Monte Brè and San Salvatore, the Casino, the Palazzo dei Congressi, the Villa Ciani museum and the Art Museum, the lakeside, the mountains and take unforgettable photographs.

06/12/2021

International Au Lac Historic Lakeside Hotel 🏨

A hotel steeped in tradition and owned by the family since 1906, it is the only hotel with an underground garage and garden with swimming pool in the historic centre of Lugano.

Located in a privileged position between the lakeside, the restaurants, cafés, the elegant boutiques of Via Nassa and the prestigious LAC, Lugano Arte e Cultura.

04/12/2021

The bus station shelter in Lugano. 🚌

At the centre of public transport, it was designed in 2000 and then built in 2001/2002.
It is the work of architect Mario Botta.

In all its simplicity, the bus shelter on Corso Pestalozzi is an important project, with just a few well-calibrated, well-proportioned elements, perhaps one of Botta's best works in the city.

12/11/2021

The Twin Bottles ♻️

Message in a Bottle project , promoted by the Gabriele and Anna Braglia Foundation, stems from the encounter between the international sculptor Helidon Xhixha and the young Swiss photographer Giacomo "Jack" Braglia.

United by the desire to launch a message of denunciation of the pollution of the seas due to the dispersion of plastic, the two artists have decided to merge their techniques, - shaping steel and 3D photography - in the design of a large installation from the heart environmentalist who reproduces, on an enlarged scale, two bottles that float on the water as abandoned waste; one modeled in stainless steel by Xhixha and then mirror polished, the other coated with photographic images of plastic waste taken by Braglia.

31/10/2021

Parco Ciani is the largest park in the city of Lugano 🌳🇨🇭

A true green oasis in the city centre, the park is an attraction for locals and tourists alike. It is considered one of the most beautiful parks in Switzerland because of its privileged position on the lakeshore, the imposing trees, the large play area and the beautiful pedestrian paths that branch out among statues, fountains and flowerbeds.

The park is also home to the Congress Centre and the Cantonal Library.

There is no better place to enjoy a close-up view of Lugano than Ciani Park.