- Ascona
Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Ascona
municipality_name = Ascona
municipality_type = municipality
imagepath_coa = Ascona-coat of arms.svg|pixel_coa=
languages = Italian
canton = Ticino
iso-code-region = CH-TI
district = Locarno
lat_d=46|lat_m=09|lat_NS=N|long_d=8|long_m=46|long_EW=E
postal_code = 6612
municipality_code = 5091
area = 5.0
elevation = 196|elevation_description=
population = 5057|populationof = December 2002 | popofyear = 2002
website = www.ascona.ch
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neighboring_municipalities=Brissago , Intragna,Locarno ,Losone ,Ronco sopra Ascona , San Nazzaro
twintowns = |Ascona is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of
Ticino inSwitzerland .It has a population of about 5000 and is located on the shore of
Lake Maggiore .The town is a popular tourist destination, and holds a yearly
jazz festival, theNew Orleans Jazz Festival Ascona .Monte Verità
The "Monte Verità" (literally Hill of Truth) in Ascona has an important historical background. At the beginning of the 20th century, a colony was founded on it which preached the return to nature (see [http://www.hippy.com/php/article-243.html] para. 35).
The colony attracted a large number of artists, anarchists and other famous people, including
Hermann Hesse ,Carl Jung ,Erich Maria Remarque ,Hugo Ball ,Else Lasker-Schüler ,Stefan George ,Isadora Duncan ,Paul Klee ,Rudolf Steiner ,Mary Wigman ,Max Picard ,Ernst Toller ,Henri van de Velde ,Rudolf Laban , Frieda andElse von Richthofen ,Otto Gross ,Erich Mühsam andGustav Stresemann .External links
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* [http://www.upd.unibe.ch/research/symposien/HA11/monteverita.html Der Monte Verità in Ascona]
* [http://www.emmet.de/hb_veri.htm Der "Heilige Berg" Monte Verità]
* [http://www.cultura-ascona.ch/home/homepage.htm Museo comunale d’arte moderna Ascona]
* [http://www.ascona.ch/ www.ascona.ch]
* [http://www.maggiore.ch/news/index.cfm?lingua=en www.maggiore.ch]
* [http://www.jazzascona.ch/ New Orleans Jazz Festival]
* [http://www.discoverlakemaggiore.com/ascona.asp Ascona Tourism Information]
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