things to do in locarno Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/things-to-do-in-locarno Mon, 05 Dec 2016 22:39:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 LOCARNO http://toursmaps.com/locarno.html http://toursmaps.com/locarno.html#respond Sat, 31 Dec 2016 09:43:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=228192 LOCARNO A Swiss vacation spot, Locarno (pop. 48,000) gets over 2200 hours of sunlight per year more than anywhere else in Switzerland. For centuries, visitors have journeyed here solely to see the orange-yellow Church of Madonna del Sasso (Madonna of the Rock), founded in 1487. A 20min. walk up the smooth stones of the Via al Sasso leads to the top, passing life-size wooden niche statues along the way. Hundreds of heart-shaped medallions on the church walls commemorate acts of Mary’s intervention in the lives of worshipers who have journeyed here. (Grounds open 6:30am-7pm.) Each August (Aug. 4-14, 2004), Locarno

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