Beside the church, which was built between the 16th and 17th centuries, can be found the monastery which houses a community of Capuchin friars; over the centuries, the renaissance church was constantly decorated and now the Casa del Padre is home to a museum of sacred objects. Since 1905 a funicular railway has connected the Madonna del Sasso with Locarno.

The cablecar Orselina-Cardada and the chairlift Cardada-Cimetta, completely renewed, are in operation since 2000.

Nowadays the most important event must surely be the International Film Festival, one of the Top Events of Switzerland, which manages (...)

Beside the church, which was built between the 16th and 17th centuries, can be found the monastery which houses a community of Capuchin friars; over the centuries, the renaissance church was constantly decorated and now the Casa del Padre is home to a museum of sacred objects. Since 1905 a funicular railway has connected the Madonna del Sasso with Locarno.

The cablecar Orselina-Cardada and the chairlift Cardada-Cimetta, completely renewed, are in operation since 2000.

Nowadays the most important event must surely be the International Film Festival, one of the Top Events of Switzerland, which manages to transform Locarnointo a cultural metropolis where the young and fashionable predominate, and which converts Piazza Grande into the "most beautiful movie theatre in the world"; the first projections took place in the gardens of the Grand Hotel and with the years it developed a character of its own which makes it stand out from other larger festivals even today.