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Locarno is a city located on Lake Maggiore (Lago
Maggiore) in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino, close to Ascona. It has a
population of about 15,000.
An important film festival, the "Festival Internazionale del Cinema di
Locarno", takes place every year in August in the Piazza Grande.
Several treaties were concluded in the city, see Locarno Treaties.
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