Independence Square takes its name from the obelisk erected on the centenary of the entry of the canton of Ticin into the Swiss Confederation in 1803 and the adoption of the Constitution of the Ticino region. The square itself is small and densely surrounded by cozy houses, there is also a church (Chiesa di S. Rocco), in honor of which, before the appearance of the obelisk, the square was called (Piazza San Rocco).→