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    Casinò Lugano (formerly known as Teatro Kursaal) is a casino and theatre designed by Italian architect Achille Sfondrini in the 19th century. It is located...
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    la Chanson Européenne 1956), was held on Thursday 24 May 1956 at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano, Switzerland, and hosted by Swiss television presenter Lohengrin...
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    Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (RTSI) and held on 24 May 1956 at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano, Switzerland. The regulations for this first contest allowed...
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  • Eurovision. On 24 May 1956, the first Eurovision Song Contest was held at Teatro Kursaal in Lugano hosted by Radio svizzera italiana (RSI) on behalf of the SRG...
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    Studio 15 di Cinecittà 1991 Turin PalaOlimpico 2022   Switzerland Lugano Teatro Kursaal 1956 Lausanne Palais de Beaulieu 1989 TBA 2025 2  Austria Vienna Großer...
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  • Musica, Rome, Italy, 23 June 2000 Olympia, Paris, France, 25 June 2000 Teatro Kursaal, San Sebastián, Spain, 28 June 2000 "Arena of Terror" (Belew, Fripp...
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    Year Location Venue Presenter(s) 1956 Lugano Teatro Kursaal Lohengrin Filipello 1989 Lausanne Palais de Beaulieu Lolita Morena and Jacques Deschenaux 2025...
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  • the French entries. Eurovision Song Contest 1956 took place at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano, Switzerland, on 24 May 1956. "Le Temps perdu", sung by Mathé...
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  • On 24 May 1956, at the first Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano, each participating country had two entrants due to the format...
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    crowd the streets and piazzas for free open-air concerts. In 1956, the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano hosted the first Eurovision Song Contest. The MASI (Museo...
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