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    Airolo (Airöö in Lombard, in Romansh: Iriel) is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Airolo is located in...
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    Forte Airolo (Militärhistorisches Museum in Airolo)" (in German). Ospizio San Gottardo. Retrieved 2 January 2011. Kauffmann pp. 157-158 "Das Fort Airolo am...
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    summit of the Gotthard Railway in Switzerland. It connects Göschenen with Airolo and was the first tunnel through the Saint-Gotthard Massif in order to bypass...
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    connecting northern Switzerland with southern Switzerland. The pass lies between Airolo in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, and Andermatt in the German-speaking...
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    Switzerland runs from Göschenen in the canton of Uri at its northern portal, to Airolo in Ticino to the south, and is 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) in length below...
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    Airolo-Quinto is the name of a planned municipality in Ticino, Switzerland. The new municipality would be formed from the existing municipalities of Airolo...
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    construction, the army secured the line with fortresses (for instance, above Airolo, and at Biasca) and ways to block the tunnel in case of an invasion (among...
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    From here, the river flows to the north-east through the Val Bedretto to Airolo (1,127 metres (3,698 ft)) where the south ramp of the St Gotthard Pass and...
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  • underneath the Saint-Gotthard Massif Gotthard Pass, a mountain pass between Airolo (Ticino) and Andermatt (Uri) in Switzerland Tunnels underneath Gotthard...
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    continues to Airolo. The station is also served by bus services operated by Autopostale, including an hourly service between Bellinzona and Airolo that parallels...
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    5 mi) long) connecting the A2 motorway in Göschenen on the north side with Airolo on the south side, exactly like the railway tunnel. On 1 June 2016 the world's...
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  • 1871/88   Switzerland 19th century 84 8,4 cm Krupp Kanone 1880 (Dailly, Airolo, Stuei)   Switzerland 19th century 105 10,5 cm L42 Festungkanone 1935, K+W...
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    inventory of the historic Swiss roads (IVS). It connects the municipality of Airolo (1175 m a.s.l.) to the Gotthard Pass (2106 m a.s.l.). One of the highest...
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    the battle of Marignano in 1515, the northern part of east Lombardy from Airolo to Chiasso (modern Ticino), and the Valtellina valley came under possession...
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    Uri with some reinforcements from Nidwald advanced into Ticino towards Airolo, which fell, then the day after towards Faido and on the 21st towards Biasca...
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    continue to Basel SBB or Zürich Hauptbahnhof. S10 / S50: one train per day to Airolo, Chiasso, Como San Giovanni, or Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 1. The station...
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  • settlement in Tarasp in the Canton of Graubünden Fontana (Airolo), a settlement in Airolo, in the Canton of Ticino Fontana, California Fontana, Kansas...
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    Airolo railway station (Italian: Stazione di Airolo) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Ticino and municipality of Airolo. The station is on the...
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    died in the process. Running between the Swiss villages of Göschenen and Airolo, it was the first modern railway link between northern and southern Europe...
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  • Leventina District (category Airolo)
    Switzerland. The capital of the district is Faido but the largest town is Airolo on the southern flank of the Gotthard Pass. Situated to the north of the...
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    Italy October 31, 1942 Milan, Italy 1927 Giuseppe Motta December 29, 1871 Airolo, Switzerland January 23, 1940 Bern, Switzerland 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932,...
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    continue to Basel SBB or Zürich Hauptbahnhof. S10 / S50: one train per day to Airolo, Chiasso, Como San Giovanni, or Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 1. The station...
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  • Madone (Locarno), a mountain north of Locarno Il Madone, a mountain near Airolo Madone di Càmedo, near Cevio Madonna (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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    canton. In winter, skiing is popular in the highest locations, notably in Airolo and Bosco/Gurin. In the lower regions, especially around Lake Maggiore and...
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    Lucendro is a reservoir at the St. Gotthard Pass in the municipality of Airolo of the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. The dam Lucendro with a height of...
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    continue to Basel SBB or Zürich Hauptbahnhof. S10 / S50: one train per day to Airolo, Chiasso, Como San Giovanni, or Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 1. The station...
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    Retrieved 15 May 2024. "In Airolo startet die erste Tunnelbohrmaschine" [The first tunnel boring machine starts in Airolo]. gotthardtunnel.ch (in German)...
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    immediately beneath the town, connecting the Central Swiss town Göschenen with Airolo in Ticino. Some Andermattians who worked on the tunnel were killed during...
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    Lucerne. The term summarises a total of five battles or engagements between Airolo and Altdorf fought against the retreating French troops over the course...
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    highway tunnel, at 16.3 kilometres (10.1 mi), stretching from Göschenen to Airolo beneath the Gotthard Pass. September 12 – Kenan Evren stages a military...
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