Tirano ( lmo, Tiràn, german: Thiran) is a town in
Valtellina
Valtellina or the Valtelline (occasionally spelled as two words in English: Val Telline; rm, Vuclina (); lmo, Valtelina or ; german: Veltlin; it, Valtellina) is a valley in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, bordering Switzerland. To ...
, located in the
province of Sondrio
The Province of Sondrio ( it, provincia di Sondrio) is in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Its provincial capital is the city of Sondrio. As of 2017, it has a population of 181,403.
History
The Province was established in 1815, withi ...
in
northern Italy
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. It has 9,053 inhabitants (2016) and is adjacent to the
Switzerland-Italy border. The river
Adda flows through the town.
Main sights
Located nearby is the
Catholic
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shrine of the Madonna di Tirano, 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.
Transportation
Tirano has two neighboring railway stations.
One
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, a
standard gauge station, is operated by
Trenitalia, the state railway company, and is terminus of the
Tirano–Lecco railway.
The other
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, a
metre gauge
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station, is operated by the
Rhaetian Railway
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(RhB). The line of the
Bernina Railway
The Bernina Railway (german: Berninalinie; it, Linea del Bernina; rm, Lingia dal Bernina) is a single-track railway line forming part of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). It links the spa resort of St. Moritz, in the canton of Graubünden, Switzer ...
connects
St. Moritz
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(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
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to the list of UNESCO
World Heritage Site
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s.
Notable people
*
Raffaele Venusti
Raffaele Venusti (or Venosta) was an Italian Catholic apologist.
Biography
He was born at Tirano, Valtellina, northern Italy, about the end of the fifteenth century. He joined the Canons Regular of SS. Salvatore, devoting himself to theological ...
(d.1543) Catholic apologist
See also
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Tirano station (FS)
*
Tirano station (RhB)
References
External links
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Official website
Museo Palazzo Salis
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