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Book of 100 years

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4 files to celebrate a century of history

4 authors, 4 dossiers, 4 ways of telling 100 years of history of the Locarno-Domodossola railway line. The Vigezzina-Centovalli Railway, in collaboration with the authors Mattia Dellagana, Nicola Pini, Matteo Inches and Cecilia Brenni present the publication published by SalvioniEdizioni dedicated to its first 100 years of history!

The first 100 years of the Centovallina (Vigezzina-Centovalli Railway), a train capable of touching the hearts and lives of so many people, illustrated by four young professionals from Ticino. A journey through space and time from different perspectives: from the political and institutional history of Nicola Pini to the social history of Mattia Dellagana, from the architectural and landscape view of Matteo Inches to the tourist story of Cecilia Brenni. Four visions to present the history of a train that has always travelled through time, between past, present and future.

The book on the 100th anniversary of the Vigezzina-Centovalli Railway can be purchased at all bookshops in Ticino, at the FART Ticket Office in Locarno and at the FART Welcome Office in Locarno for CHF 49.

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