Tirano

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Tirano
Tiran (Lombard)
Città di Tirano
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Tirano
Tirano (Lombardy)
Coordinates: 46°12′59″N10°10′08″E / 46.21639°N 10.16889°E / 46.21639; 10.16889
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Province of Sondrio (SO)
Frazioni Baruffini, Cologna, Madonna di Tirano, Roncaiola
Government
  MayorFranco Spada
Area
[1]
  Total32 km2 (12 sq mi)
Elevation
441 m (1,447 ft)
Population
 (31 August 2016) [2]
  Total9,053
  Density280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Demonym Tiranesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
23037
Dialing code 0342
Patron saint Martin of Tours
Saint day11 November
Website Official website
Postcard of Palazzo Salis (now Sertoli-Salis) from 1911. Postcard of Palazzo Salis (now Sertoli-Salis), Tirano, Valtelline. Postmarked Lecco to Bern. Franked, 12 June, 1911.jpg
Postcard of Palazzo Salis (now Sertoli-Salis) from 1911.

Tirano (Lombard : Tiran; German : Thiran) is a town and comune (municipality) in Valtellina, located in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy (northern Italy). It has 9,053 inhabitants (2016) and is adjacent to the Switzerland-Italy border. The river Adda flows through the town.

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Main sights

Located nearby is the Catholic shrine of the Madonna di Tirano, [3] [4] a major tourist attraction. The shrine is dedicated to the appearance of the Blessed Mother to Mario Degli Omodei on September 29, 1504, an event religious pilgrims credit with ending a pestilence.

The Museo Etnografico Tiranese (MET) is an ethnographic museum and located nearby the Basilica Madonna di Tirano in an 18th-century Palazzo, the Casa del Penitenziere (Penitent's House).

The museum of Palazzo Salis in the old town of Tirano is an example of the use of trompe l'oeil to create the illusion of architectural features. [5]

Transportation

Tirano has two neighboring railway stations. One, a standard gauge station, is operated by Trenitalia, the state railway company, and is terminus of the Tirano–Lecco railway.

The other, a metre gauge station, is operated by the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). The line of the Bernina Railway connects St. Moritz (Canton of Graubünden/Switzerland) with Tirano. The complete line was opened in 1910. In 2008 the Bernina Railway as well as the Albula Railway were added by UNESCO to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Notable people

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References

  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. "Sito ufficiale del Cinquecentenario dell'Apparizione della Madonna di Tirano". www.comune.tirano.so.it.
  4. "Santuario della Madonna di Tirano". lombardiabeniculturali.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on December 19, 2016.
  5. Paull, J. (2015). "Tirano's Palace of Trompe L'Oeil: A Photographic Exhibition by John Paull". SlideShare. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08.

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