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Bellinzona

Its three medieval castles guarding the Gotthard approach form a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Population
46 300 (2024)
Rank
No. 11
Canton
TI
Elevation
230 m
Language
Italian
Water
The Ticino river

Source: whc.unesco.org

46.1954° N 9.0297° E · TIRelief interpolated · not a survey mapOpen the full map

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Jungpionier, Astronaut photograph ISS051-E-12869 was acquired on August 12, 2017, with a Niko, Viktar Palstsiuk, Gianluca Miscione · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 / Public domain / CC BY-SA 4.0

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