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. Toda ...
, 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, within ...
in
northern Italy
Northern Italy ( it, Italia settentrionale, it, Nord Italia, label=none, it, Alta Italia, label=none or just it, Nord, label=none) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of Italy. It consists of eight administrative regions ...
. It has 9,053 inhabitants (2016) and is adjacent to the
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
-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
The Museo Etnografico Tiranese (MET) is an ethnographic museum in Tirano, a town in the valley of Valtellina in the Lombardy region (province of Sondrio). It was founded in 1973 thanks to the "Centro Iniziativa Giovanile (C.I.G.)" with the aim ...
(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
The Palazzo Salis is situated in the heart of the historic centre of Tirano, a small town in the valley Valtellina in the north of Italy. The building got constructed during the second half of the 17th century by the noble family von Salis-Zize ...
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
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station, is operated by
Trenitalia
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, the state railway company, and is terminus of the
Tirano–Lecco railway
The Tirano–Lecco railway is an electrified railway line in Lombardy, Italy.
The first section of the line, between Sondrio and Colico, was opened in 1885. It was completed in 1892–1894 with the section from Colico to Lecco, where it was connec ...
.
The other
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, a
metre gauge
Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre.
The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, la ...
station, is operated by the
Rhaetian Railway (RhB). The line of the
Bernina Railway connects
St. Moritz
St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in ...
(Canton of
Graubünden/
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
) 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
*
Tirano station (FS)
*
Tirano station (RhB)
References
External links
*
Official website
Museo Palazzo Salis
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