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Locarno is the capital of the Locarno district, located on the northern tip of Lake Maggiore ("Lago Maggiore") in the Swiss canton of Ticino, close to Ascona. It has a population of about 15,000. The official language of Locarno is Italian. It is the 74th biggest city in Switzerland by population. An important film festival, the Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Locarno, takes place every year in August in the "Piazza Grande". The Locarno Treaties were negotiated here in 1925. In January 2004, the Italian historian Marino Vigano speculated that Locarno's castle may have been designed by Leonardo da Vinci. Main sights: Locarno has a number of interesting sights that draw tourists year-round. Astrovia Locarno: The Astrovia Locarno is a 1 : 1,000,000,000 scale model of the Solar System. The Sun can be found at the end of Via Gioacchino Respini where the cyclepath, which runs alongside the river, starts. Pluto, the final planet in the model, can be found 6 km away from this starting ... Read more about Locarno on Wikipedia