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    Blenio is a municipality of the district of Blenio, in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Blenio was created on 22 October 2006 when it incorporated the...
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    Campo Blenio was a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced...
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  • The Blenio District is a district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It has a population of 5,656 (as of 31 December 2020). The capital of the district...
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    The Blenio Valley (Italian: Valle di Blenio) is a valley of the Lepontine Alps in the Swiss canton of Ticino. The valley contains the river Brenno. The...
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    The Giro Media Blenio is an annual road running event over 10 kilometres which takes place in April in the village of Dongio, Switzerland. It was created...
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    the work of Italian and French migrant artisans, active in Ticino (Val Blenio) and Vaud. A company was founded in 1767 in Vevey (see below), another one...
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    Cima Norma S.A., also Chocolat Cima-Norma S.A., in Torre-Dangio (today Blenio municipality) was an industrial chocolate production company in the canton...
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    emigration. Notable examples include the chocolatiers (cioccolatieri) of the Val Blenio, who migrated throughout Europe (see Swiss chocolate#History). Until 1878...
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    Zapporthütte, at 2276 m on the Zapporthorn Capanna Scaletta, Blenio, 2,205 m Capanna Scaradra, Blenio, 2,173 m Capanna Motterascio, Ghirone, 2,172 m Camona da...
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    Self-Portrait in the Costume of the Abbot of the Accademia della Val di Blenio is a c.1568 oil on canvas painting by Giovan Paolo Lomazzo, now in the Pinacoteca...
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  • Vallemaggia Valley, Switzerland Campo Blenio, an old municipality now incorporated in Blenio municipality, in Blenio Valley, Switzerland This disambiguation...
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    condominiums of the Forest cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden: Vogtei of Blenio – 1477–80 and from 1495 Vogtei of Rivera – 1403–22 and from 1495 Vogtei...
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    and to frame within a single activity, the Academy of the Porters of the Blenio Valley was active from the second half of the century in Milan as a group...
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    Olivone was a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that...
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    There were 21 condominiums: County of Baden Vogtei of Bellinzona Vogtei of Blenio Freie Ämter Vogtei of Gams / Hohensax Lordship of Grandson Vogtei of Leventina...
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    Torre was a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that...
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    canton of Graubünden leads through the Val Medel across the pass to the Blenio Valley and Biasca in the canton of Ticino. North of the pass, the road runs...
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  • the 16th century. Members of the family were reeves in Riviera, Gaster, Blenio, Thurgau, and Landammann in March. This family was extinct in 1826. Notable...
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    Serravalle is a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It was formed on 1 April 2012 by the merger of the former...
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    originarie del Canton Ticino, e in particolare del l'area di Aquila e Campo Blenio, come lo stesso Giovanni Martino Bianchini [From the list of names it emerges...
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  • Ghirone was a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that...
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    tributary, the Brenno which flows from Passo del Lucomagno through the Valle di Blenio. Before the Ticino passes west of the canton's capital, Bellinzona, the...
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  • southern end of the chain separating the main Leventina valley from the Blenio valley. An antenna is located on the summit. Retrieved from the Swisstopo...
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    access to the Grisonian Surselva of the Anterior Rhine via the Valle di Blenio over the Lukmanier Pass. The river Moesa, running down the Valle Mesolcina...
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    Obwalden did not participate in the annexation of Bellinzona, Riviera and Blenio areas (today located in the canton of Ticino).[citation needed] Under the...
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    SFOS number 5070 ISO 3166 code CH-TI Surrounded by Acquarossa, Anzonico, Blenio, Calpiogna, Campello, Chironico, Dalpe, Mairengo, Seghin Website www.gribbio...
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    siciliens et vermicelles). Maestro Martino était d'origine tessinoise (Val di Blenio) mais il avait exercé sa profession en Italie. [The famous Maestro Martino...
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    Localities Chiggiogna, Rossura, Calonico Surrounded by Acquarossa, Anzonico, Blenio, Calpiogna, Campello, Chironico, Dalpe, Mairengo Website www.faido.ch SFSO...
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  • Ludiano is a former municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Since 15 March 2011, it is part of the municipality...
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    south-west part of the lake belonging to the municipalities of Quinto and Blenio (canton of Ticino). The reservoir has a surface area is 1.77 km2 (0.68 sq mi)...
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