Ticino (/tɪˈtʃiːnoʊ/ tih-CHEE-no), sometimes Tessin (/tɛˈsiːn, tɛˈsæ̃/), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino...

major shareholder of the railway connection to the Blenio Valley (Biasca–Acquarossa railway). The sacks of cocoa, most of which arrived from Genoa, were transported...