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Tirano is a town in Valtellina
Valtellina

Valtellina or the Valtelline valley ; is a valley in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, bordering Switzerland. Today it is known for its skiing, its hot spring spas, its cheeses and its wines....
, located in the province of Sondrio
Province of Sondrio

The Province of Sondrio is a Provinces of Italy in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Sondrio.It has an area of 3,212 km?, and a total population of 176,856 ....
, Northern Italy
Italy

Italy , 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....
. It has about 9,044 inhabitants and is adjacent to the Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
-Italy boundary. Tirano has two neighboring railway stations. One is operated by Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato

The Ferrovie dello Stato or FS is the operator of the Italian railway network. A public concern, it is a railway company of Italian state and its capital is held by the Italian state....
, the state railway company, and connects Tirano with Sondrio
Sondrio

Sondrio is an Italy town and comune located in the heart of the Valtellina. Sondrio counts approximately 22,600 inhabitants and it is the administrative centre for the Lombardy Province of Sondrio....
, Lecco
Lecco

Lecco is city of c. 47,000 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan, the capital of the province of Lecco. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como ....
 and Milano. The other is operated by the Rhaetian Railway and used mainly to take tourists and skiers to St. Moritz
St. Moritz

St. Moritz is an exclusive resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipalities of Switzerland in the Maloja in the Switzerland Cantons of Switzerland of Graub?nden....
, Pontresina
Pontresina

Pontresina is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Maloja in the Cantons of Switzerland of Graub?nden in Switzerland.This Alps village located high in the Engadin region of Switzerland....
, or to various ski areas via the Bernina Pass
Bernina Pass

The Bernina Pass is a high mountain pass in the Bernina Range of the Alps, in the Cantons of Switzerland of Graub?nden in Switzerland. It connects St....
. River Adda
Adda

Adda can refer to:*Adda River in Italy.*River Adda in Wales.*Adda , a concept in South Asia.*Adda , an archaeological site in Nigeria.*Adda bar Ahavah, the name of two rabbis of the Talmud....
 flows through Tirano.

Located nearby is the Catholic
Catholic

Catholic is an adjective derived from the Greek language adjective , meaning "whole" or "complete". In the context of Christianity ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages....
 shrine of the , a major tourist attraction.






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Tirano is a town in Valtellina
Valtellina

Valtellina or the Valtelline valley ; is a valley in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, bordering Switzerland. Today it is known for its skiing, its hot spring spas, its cheeses and its wines....
, located in the province of Sondrio
Province of Sondrio

The Province of Sondrio is a Provinces of Italy in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Sondrio.It has an area of 3,212 km?, and a total population of 176,856 ....
, Northern Italy
Italy

Italy , 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....
. It has about 9,044 inhabitants and is adjacent to the Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
-Italy boundary. Tirano has two neighboring railway stations. One is operated by Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato

The Ferrovie dello Stato or FS is the operator of the Italian railway network. A public concern, it is a railway company of Italian state and its capital is held by the Italian state....
, the state railway company, and connects Tirano with Sondrio
Sondrio

Sondrio is an Italy town and comune located in the heart of the Valtellina. Sondrio counts approximately 22,600 inhabitants and it is the administrative centre for the Lombardy Province of Sondrio....
, Lecco
Lecco

Lecco is city of c. 47,000 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan, the capital of the province of Lecco. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como ....
 and Milano. The other is operated by the Rhaetian Railway and used mainly to take tourists and skiers to St. Moritz
St. Moritz

St. Moritz is an exclusive resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipalities of Switzerland in the Maloja in the Switzerland Cantons of Switzerland of Graub?nden....
, Pontresina
Pontresina

Pontresina is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Maloja in the Cantons of Switzerland of Graub?nden in Switzerland.This Alps village located high in the Engadin region of Switzerland....
, or to various ski areas via the Bernina Pass
Bernina Pass

The Bernina Pass is a high mountain pass in the Bernina Range of the Alps, in the Cantons of Switzerland of Graub?nden in Switzerland. It connects St....
. River Adda
Adda

Adda can refer to:*Adda River in Italy.*River Adda in Wales.*Adda , a concept in South Asia.*Adda , an archaeological site in Nigeria.*Adda bar Ahavah, the name of two rabbis of the Talmud....
 flows through Tirano.

Located nearby is the Catholic
Catholic

Catholic is an adjective derived from the Greek language adjective , meaning "whole" or "complete". In the context of Christianity ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages....
 shrine of the , a major tourist attraction. The shrine is dedicated to the appearance of the Blessed Mother to Mario Degli Omodei on September 29th, 1504, an event religious pilgrims credit with ending a pestilence
Pestilence

A pestilence is any virulent and highly infectious disease that can cause an epidemic or even a pandemic. The word can also be used about parasites causing large scale sickness and death, such as Guinea worm....
.

Despite its population of less that 10,000, Tirano is considered a city because of the walls that were built to protect it.

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