Lugano
People who shaped the city
Residents, visitors and the occasional passing genius — each with the addresses where their story is still standing.
Architecture
Hannes Meyer
- Palazzo della Posta and the First Cantonal Lyceum Site
Alberto Camenzind
- Former RSI Radio Studios in Besso
- Hotel Walter au Lac Complex
Augusto Guidini
- Hotel Splendide Royal
Augusto Jäggli
- Former RSI Radio Studios in Besso
Bruno Bossi
- FOCE Cultural Center
Emil Vogt
- Grand Hotel Palace
Ernesto Quadri
- Palazzo Demicheli and the Former Continental Hotel
Giampiero Camponovo
- Former Overland Trust Bank Headquarters
Giuseppe Pagani
- Hotel International au Lac
Grato Albertolli
- Palazzina Albertolli
Luigi Clerichetti
- Grand Hotel Palace
Mario Botta
- Palazzo Botta Franscini (Former Banca del Gottardo)
- Ransila I Building
Otto Maraini
- Fontana Antonio Bossi
- Hotel Walter au Lac Complex
- Palazzo degli Studi
Paolito Somazzi
- Former Hotel Bristol
- Hotel Splendide Royal
Rino Tami
- Former RSI Radio Studios in Besso
Music
B. B. King
- Piazza della Riforma
Dizzy Gillespie
- Palazzo dei Congressi
Miles Davis
- Piazza della Riforma
Richard Strauss
- FOCE Cultural Center
Archie Shepp
- Trevano Aula Magna
Bruno Walter
- Sant'Abbondio Cemetery
Giorgio Meuwly
- Padiglione Conza
Jacky Marti
- Padiglione Conza
- Palazzo dei Congressi
- Piazza della Riforma
Manfred Eicher
- Stelio Molo Auditorium
Markus Poschner
- Stelio Molo Auditorium
Otmar Nussio
- FOCE Cultural Center
Roy Harper
- Trevano Aula Magna
Politics
Dick Marty
- Palazzo dei Congressi
George Washington
- George Washington Temple
Abbondio Chialiva
- George Washington Temple
- Villa Tanzina Site
Carlo Cattaneo
- Carlo Cattaneo Memorial at San Giorgio
- Casa Carlo Cattaneo
- Former Hôtel du Parc
Filippo Ciani
- Villa Ciani
Giacomo Ciani
- Former Hôtel du Parc
- Villa Ciani
Giovanni Grilenzoni
- Casa Airoldi
Giuseppe Mazzini
- Casa Airoldi
- Villa Tanzina Site
Henri Guisan
- Gandria Border Fortification A8005
Sara Nathan
- Villa Tanzina Site
Visual art
Meret Oppenheim
- MASI Lugano
Gunter Böhmer
- Sant'Abbondio Cemetery
Kurt Laurenz Metzler
- Former Overland Trust Bank Headquarters
Luigi Marchesi
- Grand Hotel Palace
Luigi Vassalli
- Fontana Antonio Bossi
Ninon Hesse
- Casa Rossa
- Sant'Abbondio Cemetery
Valentina Picozzi
- Satoshi Nakamoto Statue
Vincenzo Vela
- Palazzo Civico and Vela's Spartacus
other
Loris Kessel
- Lugano railway station
Literature
Hermann Hesse
- Canvetto Woods
- Casa Camuzzi
- Casa Rossa
Hugo Ball
- Sant'Abbondio Cemetery
Film
Douglas Sirk
- Casa Camuzzi
Science
Satoshi Nakamoto
- Satoshi Nakamoto Statue
Follow the story on foot
These addresses are scattered across the city. Our routes and quests put them in an order that works.