R. Rues, Author at Insubrica Historica

During the German campaign in the West, in June 1940,

Not everyone understands the acronym HvK; even when we search

Mercury, Gemini, Apollo: Walter Schirra, Wally as his family used

The Bronze Age (2200-800 BC) coincided with a significant intensification

The quiet and picturesque town of Ascona, situated in the

When travelling to Petrovaradin, Belgrade, Nis, Timisoara, the submerged island of Ada Kaleh-New Orsova, and Alba

Joseph Antoine Marie Michel Mainoni was born in Lugano (but

The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a civil war that

From 1949 to 1963, Konrad Adenauer (Cologne 1876 – Bad

Giovanni Bassanesi (Aosta 1905- Montelupo Fiorentino 1947) was an Italian

The “Dizionario storico-ragionato degli uomini illustri del Canton Ticino“, written

Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (1814 – 1876) was a Russian revolutionary

The book was written by Lifton, and at first sight,

The Locarno Treaties were seven agreements negotiated in Locarno from

In our quest for the past industrial heritage of the

An important aspect of the extended Insubrica region is also

Today we would like to start putting emphasis on the

On the hill side, above Magadino, there is an interesting

This fortress was a small infantry blockhouse built during the

In the northern part of the Canton Ticino, there is

R. Rues