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3 giorni fa · Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. It is one of the three large southern Alpine cantons, along with Valais and the Grisons. However, unlike all other cantons, it lies almost entirely south of the Alps and has no natural access to the Swiss Plateau.
- 2,812.21 km² (1,085.80 sq mi)
- Bellinzona
- CH-TI
- Switzerland
2 giorni fa · The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva, is one of the 26 cantons of the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of forty-five municipalities, and the seat of the government and parliament is in the City of Geneva. Geneva is the French-speaking westernmost canton of Switzerland.
- 282.49 km² (109.07 sq mi)
- CH-GE
- Switzerland
- Geneva
1 giorno fa · Bern lies on the Swiss plateau in the canton of Bern, slightly west of the centre of Switzerland and 20 km (12 mi) north of the Bernese Alps. The countryside around Bern was formed by glaciers during the most recent ice age.
- 51.62 km² (19.93 sq mi)
- Bern
- Switzerland
- Bern-Mittelland administrative district
4 giorni fa · Geneva, city, capital of Genève canton, in the far southwestern corner of Switzerland that juts into France. One of Europe’s most cosmopolitan cities, Geneva has served as a model for republican government and owes its preeminence to the triumph of human, rather than geographic, factors.
2 giorni fa · Switzerland was formed in 1291 by an alliance of cantons against the Habsburg dynasty—the Confoederatio Helvetica (or Swiss Confederation), from which the abbreviation CH for Switzerland derives—though only in 1848, when a new constitution was adopted, was the present nation formed.
23 apr 2024 · It has been the permanent political capital of the canton since 1878. The town is dominated by three 15th-century castles of the dukes of Milan. There are also remains of the great wall ( murata) that barred the Ticino Valley c. 1500, and it is the location of several 16th-century churches.
24 apr 2024 · Federalism. Switzerland's political structure consists of the Confederation, 26 cantons and over 2,000 communes. Political and legislative powers are distributed across these three levels in a way that grants each of them the greatest possible autonomy and brings a diverse range of political stakeholders together under one roof.
