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LOCARNO (SWITZERLAND)
POP 15,303
With its palm trees and much vaunted 2300 hours of sunshine a year, Locarno has attracted
northern tourists to its Mediterranean-style setting since the late 19th century. The lowest
town in Switzerland and the most striking one on Lake Maggiore, it has a pretty and com-
pact old town, a castle, good restaurants and shopping, and an august history: the 1925 Lo-
carno Conference was where treaties were signed to bring peace to Europe after WWI.
