Tirano

Born at Tirano, Valtellina, northern Italy, about the end of the fifteenth century; died at Venice, in 1543; he joined the Canons

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

I was now travelling with her party; and at Tirano, while the others rested, she and I walked down a road between vines and Indian corn.

My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke Maurice Brazil Prendergast 1898

Alps to Bormio, where he joined in a chamois-hunt, and then rode back with his retinue across the mountains to meet the empress at Tirano.

Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 Julia Mary Cartwright Ady 1887

Generally they have some local man of confidence at Tirano, the starting-point for the homeward journey, who takes the casks up to that place and sees them duly charged.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866

The district where the wine of Valtellina is grown extends, roughly speaking, from Tirano to Morbegno, a distance of some fifty-four miles.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866

The Italian revenue derives a large profit from the frontier dues paid at the gate between Tirano and Poschiavo on the Bernina road.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866

In Tirano we betook ourself to the house of an old acquaintance of the Buol family, Bernardo da Campo, or, as the Graubündeners call him, Bernard

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866

Salis and Buol, Planta and Sprecher von Bernegg -- across the hills as governors or podestàs to Poschiavo, Sondrio, Tirano, and Morbegno.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866

It is manufactured chiefly at Tirano; and, as will be understood from its name, does not profess to belong to any one of the famous localities.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866

One thing is certain, that the peasants of Sondrio and Tirano understand viticulture better than the Italians of Lombardy.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866