But the town is still set at a slight angle to the rest of the world.

The air station was some three miles from the town, set in the middle of flat farming land.

The town is also set on fire by Turkish cannon.

Smaller towns and villages would be set a lower figure.

The town was set against her, just as it had been in another place, another time.

The town was sacked and set on fire by the French troops in 1799.

During the French retreat from the east in 1814, the town was set on fire and burnt to the ground.

The town itself was set upon a small group of hills that faced the channel.

As a measure of repression, the town was set on fire and local residents were forbidden to put it out.

We have now to think of Lugano as a town set in a canton.