Sign at the Municipal Museum - Ascona, TI, Switzerland
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A stone plaque at a historic house in Ascona, that is now the municipal museum.
Waymark Code: WMHR0D
Location: Ticino, Switzerland
Date Posted: 08/06/2013
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This plaque is located at the municipal museum of Ascona, in the main street inside the historic center of town. It tells a piece of history of this place that is not found in any tourist guide.
The plaque says: "lode eterna al pio sacerdote Don Pietro Pancaldi che questa casa ove nacque visse morì legò con ogni suo bene al comune di Ascona per l'asilo infantile 1895"
In English: "Eternal praise to the pious priest Don Pietro Pancaldi that this house, where he was born, he lived and died, was bequeathed with all its wealth to the town of Ascona for an orphanage 1895"
Group that erected the marker: municipality of Ascona
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Via Borgo 34
Ascona, TI Switzerland
6612
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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