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Italian, as the third Swiss national language, is spoken in Italian-speaking Switzerland (Ticino and the southern part of Grisons).It is an official language both at the federal level and in the two cantons mentioned.
An agreement between Switzerland and Italy has allowed Italians residing in Switzerland and who have applied to acquire Swiss citizenship to maintain Italian citizenship, acquiring dual citizenship; [25] this has led to a growth in requests for naturalization, allowing them to enjoy civic rights in both countries and thus accelerating the ...
Italian language in Switzerland. Italian Switzerland (Italian: Svizzera italiana, Romansh: Svizra taliana, French: Suisse italienne, German: italienische Schweiz) is the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, which includes the canton of Ticino and the southern part of Grisons.
After the Italian unification in 1861, all land west of Lake Lugano and half of the lake were given to Switzerland so that Swiss trade and transport would not have to pass through Italy. The d'Italia was added to the name of Campione in the 1930s by the regime of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini , making the name translatable to "Champion of ...
In German-speaking Switzerland, Ticino is nicknamed Sonnenstube (sun porch), owing to the more than 2,300 sunshine hours the canton receives every year, compared to 1,700 for Zurich. [22] The canton can experience particularly heavy storms and rainfalls in summer. It is the region of Switzerland with the highest level of lightning discharge. [23]
Authorities in Switzerland and Italy say they've reached a last-moment deal to keep trains running between the two countries, after concerns over coronavirus containment threatened to almost ...
Map of Switzerland showing in blue color the Italian-speaking areas (Ticino and Italian Grisons), where Italian irredentism was strongest.Italian irredentism in Switzerland was a political movement that promoted the unification to Italy of the Italian-speaking areas of Switzerland during the Risorgimento.
Italy's Filippo Della Vite and Lara Della Mea, left, celebrate winning the gold medal of the alpine ski, World Championship team parallel event, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Tuesday, Feb. 4 ...