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Lugano (l  gä`nō), city (1990 est. pop. 26,100), Ticino canton, S Switzerland, near the Italian border. A commercial center in the Middle Ages, Lugano is a popular resort noted for its scenery and climate. Aside from tourism, international banking is the city's major source of revenue. Machinery, textiles, tobacco products, and chocolate are made. It was taken from Milan by the Swiss cantons in 1512. Lugano is Italian in character. Notable buildings are the Romanesque Cathedral of San Lorenzo and the 15th-century Monastery of Santa Maria degli Angioli, with its frescoes by Bernardino Luini. Its art museum has a fine collection of European masters. The town, the largest in Ticino canton, is situated on the Lake of Lugano, Ital. Lago di Lugano (lä`gō dē) or Ceresio (chārā`zyō), narrow and irregular in shape (c.20 sq mi/50 sq km), which lies between Switzerland and Italy. |
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There are seven one-week sessions at the University of Lugano, one session at Copenhagen Business School and a two-week session at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Both sides played with 10 players for the final eight minutes, after Sao Paulo's Lugano received a red card in the 82nd minute. City Minutes Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, 10 Tokyo New York 12 Hong Kong 13 Zurich, Toronto, Montreal 14 Basel, Luxembourg, Dublin 15 Frankfurt, Vienna Geneva, Copenhagen 16 Amsterdam, Berlin, London Lugano 17 Oslo, Brussels, Taipei 18 Auckland, Helsinki, Stockholm, 19 Sydney, Paris Madrid, Milan, Athens, Singapore 21 Vilnius 62 Jakarta 67 Mexico City 75 Caracas 76 Bucharest, Lima 79 Kiev 84 Bogota 93 Mumbai 112 Karachi 132 Nairobi 185 Source: UBS, Prices and Earnings 2003 |
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