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Tirano

*Tiran* (Lombard)
Tirano Tiran (Lombard)
Comune
	Città di Tirano
	Flag
	Tirano within the Province of Sondrio
	Location of Tirano
	Tirano Location of Tirano in Italy Tirano Tirano (Lombardy)
	Coordinates: 46°12′59″N 10°10′08″E / 46.21639°N 10.16889°E
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Province of Sondrio (SO)
Frazioni	Baruffini, Cologna, Madonna di Tirano, Roncaiola
Government
• Mayor	Franco Spada
Area
• Total	32 km2 (12 sq mi)
Elevation	441 m (1,447 ft)
Population (31 August 2016)
• Total	9,053
• Density	280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Demonym	Tiranesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	23037
Dialing code	0342
Patron saint	Martin of Tours
Saint day	11 November
Website	Official website

Tirano (Lombard: Tiran; German: Thiran) is a town and comune (municipality) in Valtellina, located in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy (northern Italy). It has 9,053 inhabitants (2016) and is adjacent to the Italy–Switzerland border. The river Adda flows through the town.

Main sights

Located nearby is the Catholic shrine of the Madonna di Tirano,^[3]^[4] a major tourist attraction. The shrine is dedicated to the appearance of the Blessed Mother to Mario Degli Omodei on September 29, 1504, an event religious pilgrims credit with ending a pestilence.

The Museo Etnografico Tiranese (MET) is an ethnographic museum and located nearby the Basilica Madonna di Tirano in an 18th-century Palazzo, the Casa del Penitenziere (Penitent's House).

The museum of Palazzo Salis in the old town of Tirano is an example of the use of trompe l'oeil to create the illusion of architectural features.^[5]

Transportation

Tirano has two neighboring railway stations. One, a standard gauge station, is operated by Trenitalia, the state railway company, and is terminus of the Tirano–Lecco railway.

The other, a metre gauge station, is operated by the Rhaetian Railway (RhB). The line of the Bernina Railway connects St. Moritz (canton of Graubünden/Switzerland) with Tirano. The Bernina Express of RhB runs over this line to Chur. The complete line was opened in 1910. In 2008, the Bernina Railway as well as the Albula Railway were added by UNESCO to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.