Editing Ticino (section)

===Architecture===
Ticino is particularly known for its rich architectural heritage, ranging from the anonymous rock architecture of [[grotto]]s and splüi, over [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] and [[Baroque architecture|baroque]] to contemporary styles. The birthplace of [[Francesco Borromini]], the canton is home to internationally recognized architects, such as [[Mario Botta]], [[Aurelio Galfetti]], [[Luigi Snozzi]], and [[Livio Vacchini]].<ref name=snws>{{cite web |title=Canton Ticino: a taste |url=http://www.swissnews.ch/fileadmin/daten_Swissnews/PDF_Archiv/2010/05/100823_sn05__044_46_.pdf |publisher=Swissnews.ch |access-date=5 December 2014 |archive-date=7 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207161909/http://www.swissnews.ch/fileadmin/daten_Swissnews/PDF_Archiv/2010/05/100823_sn05__044_46_.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> As early as the 18th century, aristocrats from Russia and Italy employed numerous architects from Ticino.<ref name=btuc>{{cite web|title=The Architecture of Ticino "Tendenza" – a case of the past?|url=https://www-docs.tu-cottbus.de/lsk-architecture/public/lehrstuhl/professor/texte/en/loc_9805_engl2.pdf|publisher=BTU Cottbus|access-date=5 December 2014|archive-date=10 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210135309/https://www-docs.tu-cottbus.de/lsk-architecture/public/lehrstuhl/professor/texte/en/loc_9805_engl2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> More recently, the region became a centre of the [[Neo-Rationalist]] ''Tendenza'' movement.<ref name="Hays2000">{{cite book|author=K. Michael Hays|title=Architecture Theory Since 1968|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4JQKFqe9m-wC&pg=PA246|year=2000|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-58188-2|page=246}}</ref>

[[File:Foroglio, Val Bavona (crop).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|Rustic stone houses in Foroglio (Val Bavona - Maggia Valley)]]

Ticino hosts two [[World Heritage Sites]]: the [[Three Castles of Bellinzona]] and [[Monte San Giorgio]].<ref name=snws/>