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75th Anniversary of Ossola Partisan Republic in Locarno

Insubrica Historica together with Antenna Ticinese Verbanisti, has the pleasure

Casa del Negromante: the oldest house in Locarno

The houses, left to us by our ancestors, are the

Ticinesi Artists in London and England

Insubrica Historica is responsible for describing not only the local

From nature to weapons: Maggia estuary in Locarno

The Maggia river rises from the Pizzo Cristallina and extends

Rationalist – sometimes called Fascist – architecture on shores of Lake Maggiore

Insubrica Historica’s exploration of the Lake Maggiore region extends beyond

Lilja Slutskaja: Fascinating artistic life

Insubrica Historica exists thanks to a network of friends, all

Italian Senate on Ossola’s Raphael Rues research

  Senate of the Republic XIII Legislature – 246 –

Napoleon general from Onsernone, Ticino: Carlo Francesco Remonda

Carlo Francesco Remonda (aka Charles-François Rémond) was born on 2.11.1761

Save-the-date: 27.9.2019 Ossola Partisan Republic Conference in Locarno Switzerland

We are glad to announce a forthcoming conference, scheduled for

Russian Embargo and Swiss cheese

Insubrica Historica is spending few days holiday in the Komi

Opel Ascona: the bestseller car from Ascona

The model Opel Ascona was a large family vehicle designed

Cold war in Switzerland: the case of a heavy criticized publication of 1969

We owe this article to a lunch conversation with our

April Fool’s Day joke: BBC’s Spaghetti-Tree filmed in Ticino

The OltreconfiniTi is an excellent Web site for those seeking

Ticinesi in Russia, 1812

An important chapter of Insubrica, which we have already mentioned

More details on Chavez first Alpine flight 23.9.1910

Insubrica Historica has already reported the formidable and unlucky adventure of

Locarno Airport: Interim Accident Report on Ju-52, the “Where the Eagles Dare” plane that crashed in the Swiss Alps

On 4 August 2018 at 16:10 Junkers JU-52 HB-HOT took

Insubrica (Ticinesi) artists and architects in Rome

Insubrica Historica is about to visit Rome this November. It

A shortest and beautiful train ride: Centovalli Railway

Insubrica Historica along with our visit from Munich Alexander, took

Presentazione Panzer-Grenadier Division Waffen-SS ” Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler” 21.10.2018 Villa Giulia, Pallanza

Breve storia del I battaglione Panzer-Grenadier Regiment 2 della divisione

Press Release Buchveröffentlichung: „SS-Polizei Ossola – Lago Maggiore 1943 – 1945“

Minusio 16.8.2018 Raphael Rues – aus dem Schweizer Kanton Tessin

List of living traditions in Switzerland

With the ratification of the UNESCO Convention on the Preservation

Gordola: artillery fort and barrack of the First World War in Ticino

It is symmetrically positioned in the front line of the

Tool: Allied aerial pictures of Insubrica region

We already wrote about online resources related to the aerial

Louis Favre: dynamite and human costs for the first major Gotthard tunnel

Louis Favre (1826-1879) was born on January 28, 1826, in

Tremola and its engineer Meschini

Francesco Meschini was born in Piazzogna (today the municipality of

The Neuroni family from Lugano: battles against Turks

We saw earlier the mercenaries from the Insubrica region in

Long gone castle in Ascona: San Michele

The castle of San Michele was located in the south-west

First engineer of Gotthard: Pietro Morettini

Pietro Morettini was born in 1660 in Camanoglio, near Cerentino,