Lugano
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Lugano is a city and municipality within the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is the largest city in both Ticino and the Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population of 62,315, and an urban agglomeration of over 150,000. It is the ninth largest Swiss city.
The bay of Lugano at sunset
Fresco by Bernardino Luini, 1529
The 15th century Cathedral of San Lorenzo is now the seat of the Diocese of Lugano
Interior of Lugano Cathedral, built in the 15th century
Canton of Uri
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The canton of Uri is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Confederation. It is located in Central Switzerland. The canton's territory covers the valley of the Reuss between the St. Gotthard Pass and Lake Lucerne.
Suvorov Crossing the St. Gotthard Pass, an Alexander Kotzebue painting
Reuss valley
![Historical banner, traditionally[clarification needed] dated to the Battle of Sempach (1386), kept in the town-hall of Altdorf.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Uristier_Sempacher_Banner.jpg/500px-Uristier_Sempacher_Banner.jpg)
Historical banner, traditionally[clarification needed] dated to the Battle of Sempach (1386), kept in the town-hall of Altdorf.
Glarus Alps