From there, the line wends its way to Locarno, in the country's Italian-speaking south, on the shores of Lake Maggiore.

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In her last years Highsmith retreated to a small mountain village near Locarno, Switzerland, where she holed up with her cats.

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In 1925, The Locarno Treaties, guaranteeing peace and frontiers in Europe were signed by France, Belgium and Germany and its terms guaranteed by Britain and Italy.

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The film won several prizes at the Locarno film festival.

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For one of the prettiest drives in the region, follow the Maggia River out of Locarno through the idyllic Valle Maggia into the southern slope of the Swiss Alps.

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His 2003 film Chokher Bali was awarded the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival and his last film, Chitrangada, won a special jury award in the 2012 national film awards.

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