Lugano (Lombard language:
Lügan) is a town (56,889 inhabitants, a total of 130,000 people in the agglomeration) in the south of
SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
, in the
Italian-speakingThe four national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, and Romansh. Only three of these languages, however, maintain equal status as official languages at the national level within the Federal Administration of the Swiss Confederation: German, French, and Italian.Native speakers...
cantonThe 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of
TicinoCanton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language...
, which borders
ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
. The city lies on
Lake LuganoLake Lugano is a glacial lake in the south-east of Switzerland, at the border between Switzerland and Italy. The lake, named after the city of Lugano, is situated between Lake Como and Lago Maggiore...
and its warm summers, and the fact that in recent years it has attracted an ever growing number of celebrities, entertainers and successful athletes has given it the nickname of the "Monte Carlo of Switzerland". It is the 9th largest city of Switzerland by population.
The origin of the name is possibly the
LatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Roman conquest, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe...
word
Lucus, meaning wood or sacred wood, or Gaulish
locovanno "lake dweller".
Pre-History
The shores of Lake Lugano have been inhabited since the
Stone AgeThe Stone Age is a broad prehistoric time period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking.Stone tools were made from a variety of different sorts of stone. For example, flint and chert were shaped for use as cutting tools and weapons, while basalt and sandstone were used for ground...
. Within the modern city limits (Breganzona, Castagnola, Davesco and Gandria) a number of
ground stoneIn archaeology, ground stone is a category of stone tool formed by the grinding of a coarse-grained tool stone, either purposely or incidentally. Ground stone tools are usually made of basalt, rhyolite, granite, or other macrocrystalline igneous stones whose coarse structure makes them ideal for...
s or
quern-stoneQuern-stones are a pair of stone tools for hand grinding a wide variety of materials. The lower, stationary, stone is called a quern, whilst the upper, mobile, stone is called a handstone...
s have been found. In the area surrounding Lugano, items from the
Copper AgeThe Chalcolithic period or Copper Age period [also known as the Eneolithic ], is a phase in the development of human culture in which the use of early metal tools appeared alongside the use of stone tools.The period is a transitional one outside of the traditional three-age system, and occurs...
and the
Iron AgeIn archaeology, the Iron Age is the prehistoric period in any area during which cutting tools and weapons were mainly made of iron or steel. The adoption of this material coincided with other changes in society, including differing agricultural practices, religious beliefs and artistic styles.The...
have been found. There are
EtruscanThe Etruscan language was spoken and written by the Etruscan civilization in the ancient region of Etruria and in parts of Lombardy, Veneto, and Emilia-Romagna , in Italy...
monuments at Davesco-Soragno (5
th to 2
nd Century BC), Pregassona (3
rd to 2
nd Century BC), and Viganello (3
th to 2
nd Century BC). Graves with jewelry and household items have been found in Aldesago, Davesco, Pazzallo and Pregassona along with celtic money in Viganello.
The region around Lake Lugano was settled by the
RomansThe Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean. The term is used to describe the Roman state during and after the time of the first emperor,...
by the 1
st Century BC. There was an important Roman city north of Lugano at
BioggioBioggio is a municipality in the district of Lugano, in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.The municipality was created in 1925 when Biogno municipality was split into two parts; Bioggio and Breganzona.-External links:*...
. There are fewer traces of the Romans in Lugano, but several inscriptions, graves and coins indicate that some Romans lived in what would become Lugano.
Foundation of Lugano
The first written mention of a settlement at Lugano can be found in documents, which are of disputed authenticity, with which the Longobard king,
LiutprandLiutprand may refer to:*Liutprand, King of the Lombards ruled from 712 to 744*Duke Liutprand of Benevento *Bishop Liutprand of Cremona, historian...
, ceded various assets located in Lugano to the Church of Saint Carpophorus in
ComoComo is a city in Lombardy, Italy, north of Milan. Situated at the southern tip of the south-west arm of Lake Como, it is the capital of the province of Como and directly borders the comunes of Blevio, Brunate, Capiago Intimiano, Casnate con Bernate, Cavallasca, Cernobbio, Grandate, Lipomo,...
in 724. Other documents, dating from 804 and 844 refer to Lake Lugano as
Laco Luanasco, and an act of 984 indicates Lugano as a market town. In 874 the town was referred to as
Luano, and in 1189 it became known by its present name. The town coat of arms also dates to around this time. The four letters on the coat of arms are an abbreviation of Lugano according to documents from 18 October 1208 and 14 November 1209. This city was also known in the German-speaking cantons as
Lowens,
Lauis and
Lauwis.
It was the object of continuous disputes between the Dukes of
ComoComo is a city in Lombardy, Italy, north of Milan. Situated at the southern tip of the south-west arm of Lake Como, it is the capital of the province of Como and directly borders the comunes of Blevio, Brunate, Capiago Intimiano, Casnate con Bernate, Cavallasca, Cernobbio, Grandate, Lipomo,...
and
MilanMilan in Italy, is the capital of the region of Lombardia and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while the urban area is the fifth largest in the E.U. with an estimated population of 4.3 million...
until it became a Swiss dominion in 1513. Swiss control lasted until 1798 when Napoleon conquered the Old Swiss Confederation and created the
Helvetic RepublicIn Swiss history, the Helvetic Republic represented an early attempt to impose a central authority over Switzerland, which until then consisted mainly of self-governing cantons united by a loose military alliance, and conquered territories such as Vaud...
. Under the Helvetic Republic, Lugano became the center of the
Canton of LuganoLugano was the name of a canton of the Helvetic Republic from 1798 to 1803, with its capital at Lugano. The canton unified the former Landvogteien of Lugano, Mendrisio, Locarno and Valmaggia....
.
Canton of Lugano
The canton of Lugano unified the former Landvogteien of Lugano,
MendrisioMendrisio is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.Mendrisio is the seat of the of the University of Italian speaking Switzerland ....
,
LocarnoLocarno is the capital of the Locarno district, located on the northern tip of Lake Maggiore in the Swiss canton of Ticino, close to Ascona at the foot of the Alps. It has a population of about 15,000...
and Valmaggia. However, as with the other cantons of the Helvetic Republic, the
autonomyAutonomy is a concept found in moral, political, and bioethical philosophy. Within these contexts, it refers to the capacity of a rational individual to make an informed, un-coerced decision...
of Lugano was very limited, the republic having been founded by Napoleon in order further to centralise power in Switzerland. The canton was led by a
DirectoryThe Executive Directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate...
of five members, who appointed a "national
préfetA prefect in France is the State's representative in a department or region. Sub-prefects are responsible for the subdivisions of departments, arrondissements...
".
The canton deeply divided between "patriots", supporting the
Cisalpine RepublicThe Cisalpine Republic was a French client republic in Northern Italy that lasted from 1797 to 1802.-Birth:After the Battle of Lodi, in May 1796, the French general Napoleon Bonaparte proceeded to organize two states: one on the south of the Po River, the Cispadane Republic, and one on the north,...
, and traditionalist "
aristocratThe aristocracy are people considered to be in the highest social class in society, who traditionally have land, money, and power. They are often members of a hereditary nobility that derives its stature from a lineage traceable to the original inhabitants or rulers of a region...
s". By 1799 riots broke out in Lugano, and the second préfet, Francesco Capra, fled the city. Power passed to a
provisional governmentA provisional government is an emergency or interim government set up when a political void has been created by the collapse of a previous administration or regime. The early provisional governments were created to prepared for the return of royal rule...
sympathetic to the
HabsburgThe House of Habsburg or Hapsburg was an important royal house of Europe and is best known for being an origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1452 and 1740, as well as rulers of the Austrian and Spanish Empire and several other countries...
s. However, French occupation was restored in 1800. Discontent continued and in early 1802 a revolt in
CapriascaCapriasca is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.The municipality was created in 2001 by a merger of Cagiallo, Lopagno, Roveredo, Sala Capriasca, Tesserete and Vaglio.-External links:*...
led to the autumn
pronunciamento of Pian Povrò, which declared the independence of Lugano from the Helvetic
client republicDuring its occupation of neighboring parts of Europe during the French Revolutionary Wars, France established republican regimes in these territories...
.
With the
Act of MediationThe Act of Mediation was issued by Napoleon Bonaparte on 19 February, 1803 establishing the Swiss Confederation. The act also abolished the previous Helvetic Republic, which had existed since the invasion of Switzerland by French troops in 1798. After the withdrawal of French troops in July 1802,...
, the following year, political agitation was finally quelled, as were the struggles between unionists and federalists. The canton of Lugano merged with
BellinzonaBellinzona is the capital city of the canton Ticino in Switzerland. The city is famous for its three castles that are UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2000.-Geography:...
creating the canton of
TicinoCanton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language...
, which endures to the present day.
Modern Lugano
Following the Second World War, and particularly during the 1960s and 70s, thanks to an abundant flow of capital from nearby Italy, Lugano experienced a period of exponential growth in banking activities which led to it placing itself as the third financial centre of Switzerland, with over 100 banking institutions present in the town.
Geography
Lugano lies at the edge of
Lake LuganoLake Lugano is a glacial lake in the south-east of Switzerland, at the border between Switzerland and Italy. The lake, named after the city of Lugano, is situated between Lake Como and Lago Maggiore...
( or ), which is situated between the lakes Lago Maggiore and Lago di Como, south of the
AlpsThe Swiss Alps are the portion of the Alps mountain range that lies within Switzerland. Because of their central position with the entire Alpine range, they are also known as the Central Alps....
.
The city is located where the river
CassarateCassarate is a village in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland, today a quarter of the city of Lugano.Cassarate is located in the former municipality Castagnola. In 1972 Castagnola municipality was incorporated into its larger neighboring municipality Lugano.There is also a...
enters the lake between the
BrèMonte Brè is a small mountain east of Lugano on the flank of Monte Boglia with a view of the bay of Lugano and the Pennine Alps and the Bernese Alps...
(925m) and the
San SalvatoreThe Monte San Salvatore is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps above Lake Lugano and the city of Lugano in Switzerland.-External links:*...
(912m) mountains.
Demographics
Since its union with some surrounding municipalities (Breganzona, Cureggia, Davesco-Sorengo, Gandria, Pambio-Noranco, Pazzallo, Pregassona, and Viganello) in 2004, Lugano has a population of over 56,000 is therefore Canton Ticino's largest city. This was the second major expansion after the union in 1972 with the municipalities of Brè-Aldesago and Castagnola.
The town's thriving economy provides an estimated 38,000 jobs, over a third of which are occupied by cross-border commuters. Business, tourism and finance constitute the backbone of the local economy. In 2000, the tertiary sector offered 90% of all jobs in Lugano, of which 75% were occupied by commuters, many of which commute from neighbouring Italy (approximately 13% of the active working population); in the same year tax revenues reached CHF 104 million, of which CHF 59 million were attributable to the banking sector. The city is Switzerland's third largest
bankingBanking in Switzerland is characterised by stability, privacy and protection of clients' assets and information. The country's tradition of bank secrecy, which dates to the Middle Ages, was first codified in a 1934 law...
centre after
ZurichZürich or Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne...
and
GenevaGeneva, is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie...
. With regards to intercommunal financial equalisation, thanks to its financial strength Lugano contributes significantly to the equalisation fund. The population is Italian-speaking and mainly
Roman CatholicThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church. With more than a billion members, over half of all Christians and more than one-sixth of the world's population, the Catholic Church is a communion of the Western, or Latin Rite Church, and...
.
Tourism
Lugano is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Switzerland. Both Lake Lugano and the surrounding mountains provide a wide variety of outdoor activities. Lugano is, also, home to a number of historic buildings and museums.
Natural sights
A very popular destination in Lugano is Lake Lugano. The lake is in size, 63% of which is in Switzerland and 37% in Italy. It has an average width of roughly and is nearly at its widest. The maximum depth of the lake is . The water is generally warm with average water temperatures in the summer ranging from to . Bathing in the lake is allowed at any of the 50 or so bathing establishments located along the Swiss shores. There are numerous shipyards, water taxis and boat rental sites along the lake, as well as hotels and restaurants that offer mooring.
In addition to the lake, Lugano is surrounded by mountains. The mountains provide a number of opportunities for sports or sightseeing. The area surrounding Lugano is home to over of
mountain bikingMountain biking is an ever evolving sport that has recently seen a huge flux of popularity but has firm roots in experimentation with non "mountain" style bicycles. The sport consists of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, with specially equipped mountain bikes or hybrid / cross...
trails, the largest net of trails in Switzerland.
Monte BrèMonte Brè is a small mountain east of Lugano on the flank of Monte Boglia with a view of the bay of Lugano and the Pennine Alps and the Bernese Alps...
east of Lugano has had a
funicularA funicular, also known as a funicular railway, incline, inclined railway, inclined plane, or cliff railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope, the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalancing each...
that runs part way up the mountain since 1912. Monte Brè, which is Switzerland's sunniest spot, is also home to the village of Brè which is a fairly intact old village.
Monte San SalvatoreThe Monte San Salvatore is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps above Lake Lugano and the city of Lugano in Switzerland.-External links:*...
also has a funicular, with the base station located only from the Lugano-Sud motorway exit and 5 minutes away from the Paradiso railroad station. Monte San Salvatore is located on the outskirts of Lugano and provides an excellent view over the entire city.
Buildings
- St. Lawrence Cathedral (9th and 15th century)
- St. Mary of the Angels Church (16th century) with the fresco of the Christ's Passion from Bernardino Luini
Bernardino Luini was a North Italian painter from Leonardo's circle. Both Luini and Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio were said to have worked with Leonardo directly; he was described to have taken "as much from Leonardo as his native roots enabled him to comprehend". Consequently many of his works were...
- Parco civico - Villa Ciani
- Piazza della Riforma
- Villa Favorita
Museums
- Art Museum
- Museo delle Culture
The Museo delle Culture is one of the museums that form part of the Polo Culturale of the City of Lugano.-Heleneum:Since the beginning the Museum is settled at the Heleneum, a lakeside mansion house built between 1930 and 1934 by Hélène Bieber, a cosmopolitan strong-minded lady who lived there...
(Museum of Cultures)
- Cantonal Art Museum
- Foundation Aligi Sassu
Aligi Sassu, Milan , was an Italian painter and sculptor.-Biography:Aligi Sassu was born in Milan, Lombardy, into a Sardinian-origin family...
and Helenita Olivares
- Historical Museum
- Cantonal Museum on Natural History
- Swiss Custom Museum
- Municipal Art Museum
- Wilhelm Schmid Museum
- Gottardo Gallery
- Hermann Hesse Museum
Education and research
- Università della Svizzera italiana
Università della Svizzera italiana is a public university located in Lugano, Switzerland, founded in 1996...
: Lugano is the home of the faculties of informatics, economics, and communication sciences.
- Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence
The Swiss institute for Artificial Intelligence IDSIA was founded in 1988 by the private Dalle Molle foundation...
: a non-profit oriented research institute for artificial intelligence, affiliated with both the Università della Svizzera ItalianaUniversità della Svizzera italiana is a public university located in Lugano, Switzerland, founded in 1996...
and SUPSI.
- Franklin College Switzerland
Franklin College Switzerland is a private, 4-year liberal arts college located in Lugano, Switzerland accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in the United States and by the Swiss University Conference in Switzerland...
: an internationally accredited college.
- The American School In Switzerland
The American School In Switzerland is a private boarding high school that receives students from many different nations and provides them with a Western-based education. Located in Montagnola, a small town above Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland, it has a current student body of 525 pupils.TASIS was...
: an international secondary school.
- SUPSI: University of Applied Science of Southern Switzerland.
- CSIA
CSIA may refer to:* Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance* Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport, the airport in Mumbai, India* CheongShim International Academy, a Korean prep school* China Software Industry Association...
, (Centro scolastico per le industrie artistiche): A school after secondary education for studying art and design.
Transport
Lugano is located along the A2 motorway, a part of the
European route E35The E 35 is a European route that runs from Amsterdam, Netherlands, in northwestern Europe, to Rome, Italy in the south of the continent. The road heads through Germany and Switzerland before reaching Italy.Principal Cities, North to South:...
which over between Amsterdam and Rome.
The yellow "Post" buses, part of the
Autopostale service, offer 64 regional public service lines, as well as five urban lines, travels an estimated 7.9 million kilometres and transports 7 million passengers annually. Its network is also integrated with other modes of transport, such as the funiculars and the federal railways, and therefore regularly announces competitive offers on tourist excursions.
Its
Palm Express service connects Lugano to
St. MoritzSt. Moritz is an exclusive resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...
. The AutoPostale station and ticket office is located at Via Balestra 4 in the centre of Lugano. The inner city TPL buses,
Trasporti pubblici luganesi, connect the centre with the suburbs; the
Autolinee regionali luganesi buses, connect Lugano with the towns of
CanobbioCanobbio is a municipality in the circolo Vezia of the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in SwitzerlandIt is not to be confused with Cannobio in nearby Italy.- External links :*http://www.canobbio.ch...
,
DavescoDavesco is a village in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.It was first recorded in 1110 as Avesco.The village, together with Soragno, constituted the former municipality Davesco-Soragno. In 2004, Davesco-Soragno municipality was incorporated into the larger, neighboring...
,
LamoneLamone is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland....
,
SonvicoSonvico is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.It has 1729 inhabitants. The major fraction is Dino which has 600 inhabitants.-External links:*...
and
TessereteTesserete is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.In 1976 the neighboring municipality Campestro was incorporated into Tesserete....
.
Lugano is served by
Lugano AirportLugano Airport is a regional airport located west of Lugano, Switzerland. It lies closer to the nearby village of Agno than to Lugano itself, and so is usually known as Lugano-Agno....
, in the nearby municipality of
AgnoAgno is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.It is known for being the municipality where Lugano Airport is situated.It is not far from the city of Lugano-External links:*...
.
Darwin AirlineDarwin Airline is a regional airline based in Lugano, Switzerland. It operates scheduled domestic services and international services to Italy, France and the United Kingdom. Its main base is Lugano Airport.- History :...
,
FlybabooBaboo, marketed as Flybaboo, is a regional airline based in Geneva, Switzerland. It operates scheduled services within Europe, as well as charter flights. Its main base is Geneva International Airport.- History :...
and Swiss Airlines operate to Lugano Airport. While there is limited service to Lugano's airport, Milan’s airports are around 60 to 90 minutes away and provide access to a greater number of worldwide locations.
Railways
The
SBB-CFF-FFSSwiss Federal Railways is the national railway company of Switzerland headquartered in Berne...
, the Swiss Federal Railways, connect Lugano with other Swiss and Italian cities and towns.
CisalpinoCisalpino AG is a railway company operating international trains between Switzerland and Italy connecting Basel, Schaffhausen, Zürich, Geneva, Milan, Venice, Trieste, Livorno, and Florence. The company has its legal headquarters in Muri bei Bern, Switzerland, and is jointly owned by the Swiss...
AG, a joint venture between SBB-CFF-FFS and
TrenitaliaTrenitalia is the primary operator of trains within Italy. Trenitalia is owned by Ferrovie dello Stato, itself owned by the Italian Government. It was created in 2000 following the EU directive on the deregulation of rail transport...
, offers several trains to Lugano from major cities in Switzerland and northern Italy.
From May until mid October, the tourist oriented
Wilhelm Tell ExpressThe Wilhelm Tell Express is a boat and panoramic train line which connects Lucerne to Locarno crossing the Swiss Alps from north to south....
travels from
Lake LucerneLake Lucerne is a lake in central Switzerland, the fourth largest in the country.-Background:The lake is a complicated shape, with bends and arms reaching from the city of Lucerne into the mountains. It has a total area of 114 km² , an elevation of 434 m , and a maximum depth of 214 m . Its volume...
to Lugano.
Additionally, the
metre gaugeMetre gauge refers to narrow gauge railways and tramways with a track gauge of . It is used in many regions, including:*Asia** South-east Asia*** Vietnam*** Malaysia*** Thailand *** Burma...
Lugano-Ponte Tresa RailwayThe Ferrovia Lugano-Ponte Tresa is a local railway line in Canton Ticino in Switzerland. The line links the town of Lugano with Ponte Tresa, and is long. It has a gauge of , and is electrified on the overhead system at 1200 volts DC....
connects Lugano with
Ponte TresaPonte Tresa is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The picturesque village lies on the Swiss west headland of Lake Lugano, approx 12 km from the city of Lugano on the Italian border...
.
Culture
The Palazzo dei Congressi is the performing arts center for Lugano. It is a main hall for the
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana-History:Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana is widely known in English with this Italian name on its many recordings, exists in its current form since 1991. Previously, under the name of Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana , it was founded officially and still resides in...
.
The Lugano Festival runs during April and May, followed by the related "Progetto
Martha ArgerichMartha Argerich is an Argentinian concert pianist. Her aversion to the press and publicity has resulted in her remaining out of the limelight for most of her career. Nevertheless she is widely recognized as one of the greatest modern-day pianists...
" in June. Estival Jazz arrives in July. The Blues-to-Bop Festival in late August and early September turns the city into a hive of activity as thousands crowd the streets and piazzas for free open-air concerts.
In 1956 Lugano hosted the first
Eurovision Song ContestThe Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
.
Sports
Hockey Club LuganoHockey Club Lugano, often abbreviated to HC Lugano or HCL, is a professional ice hockey club based in Lugano, Switzerland. The team competes in the Swiss National League A and has won seven Swiss Championships .-Society:Hockey Club Lugano is one of Swiss hockey's winningest and well-established...
(HCL) plays in the Switzerland National League. They play at the
Resega arena and have won seven national titles, having participated twice in the
European CupThe IIHF European Champions Cup was an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, which took place during a long weekend in early January. The winner was considered the official club champion of Europe by the IIHF. The Champions Cup was first played in 2005, as a...
final round and once in the top four final in Euroleague. In 1991, Lugano reached the final of the famous
Spengler CupSpengler Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Davos, Switzerland. Originally held in 1923, the Spengler Cup tournament is one of the oldest international ice hockey club team tournaments in the world. The tournament, entry to which is by invitation, is hosted by the Swiss team HC Davos...
and twice reached third place in the
IIHFThe International Ice Hockey Federation is the worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 68 members...
Continental Cup Superfinal.
AC LuganoFC Lugano is a Swiss football club based in Lugano. The club was founded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted back to its original name, FC Lugano...
plays in the Swiss Challenge League. They play at the
Cornaredo stadium and are successors to
FC Lugano who won the Swiss title in 1938, 1941 and 1949 and the Swiss Cup in 1931, 1968 and 1993 before going bankrupt in 2002.
BC Lugano Tigers (former Basket Club Lugano) plays in the Swiss National League A (LNA). They play at the
Elvetico gym, won the Swiss Cup in 2001 and have been Swiss LNA Champions in 2000, 2001 and 2006.
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