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Chiggiogna
Chiggiogna coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Leventina districtw
Circle : Faido County
Municipality : Faidoi2
Postal code : 6745
former BFS no. : 5069
Coordinates : 706 235  /  147 178 coordinates: 46 ° 28 '3 "  N , 8 ° 49' 18"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and six thousand two hundred thirty-five  /  147,178
Height : 672  m above sea level M.
Residents: 380 (December 31, 2005)
Website: www.faido.ch
Chiggiogna

Chiggiogna

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Parish before the merger on January 28, 2006
Waterfall at Chiggiogna

Chiggiogna was a municipality in the Faido district in the Leventina district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland . Since January 29, 2006 it has been part of the Faido municipality .

geography

The village is located on the left edge of the Leventina valley at 675 m above sea level. M. and includes the districts Lavorgo and Fusnengo.

history

The Vicinanza Chiggiogna was divided into five Degagne, including that of Prugiasco , a village in the neighboring Blenio Valley , which until 1803 belonged to the Leventina.

Merger with Faido

In a referendum in March 2004, the citizens of Chiggiogna accepted the merger of their municipality with Faido, Osco , Mairengo , Calpiogna , Campello , Rossura , Anzonico , Cavagnago , Calonico and Sobrio .

The villages Lavorgo and Fusnengo belonged to the municipality of Chiggiogna .

Local citizen families

  • Berta, Ciossi, Dobas, Ferrari, Frasa, Gattoni, Meiza, Peduzzi, Taddei, Togni.

population

Population development
year 1574 1745 1850 1900 1930 1950 2000 2005
Residents 132 98 188 393 552 473 378 380

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta
  • Oratory San Giuseppe in the district of Fusnengo with frescoes by the painter Carlo Martino Biucchi from Castro TI
  • Oratory of Santa Petronilla e Nicola
  • Casa dei Pagani ( Pagani House)
  • Bridge over Croarescio
Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta
Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta, main altar

Personalities

  • Bartolomeo Bedra (* around 1540 in?; † after 1578 in?), Jesuit , probably from the Leventine, helped Charles Borromeo in the reform of the three Ambrosian valleys. Pastor of Chiggiogna 1567, vicar, then visitator of Leventina 1568; In 1569 he left Chiggiogna and stayed in Biasca in 1576 as a visitor, that is, as vicar general of the three Ambrosian valleys. On July 2nd, 1578, he entered the service of Count Hannibal d'Altaemps.
  • Nello Celio (1914–1995), politician

literature

  • Piero Bianconi , Arminio Janner: Chiggiogna. In: Arte in Leventina. Istituto Editoriale Ticinese, Bellinzona 1939, pp. 20, 29, 40, 47, 49, 57, 60, 81; the same (ed.): Chiggiogna. In: Inventario delle cose d'arte e di antichità. Le Tre Valli Superiori. Leventina, Blenio, Riviera. Grassi & Co., Bellinzona 1948, p. 43.
  • Siro Borrani : Il Ticino Sacro. Memorie Religose della Svizzera Italiana raccolte dal sacerdote Siro Borrani prevosto di Losone. Tipografia e Libreria Cattolica di Giovanni Grassi, Lugano 1896.
  • Mario Fransioli: Chiggiogna. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 12, 2017 , accessed January 8, 2020 .
  • Simona Martinoli u. a .: Chiggiogna . In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 100, 117, 125, 127, 129, 132, 133, 134.
  • Agostino Robertini, Silvano Toppi, Gian Piero Pedrazzi: Chiggiogna. In: Il Comune. Edizioni Giornale del Popolo, Lugano 1974, pp. 137-152.
  • Celestino Trezzini : Chiggiogna. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Cavadini - Daegerlen. Attinger, Neuenburg 1924, p. 563 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Chiggiogna  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patriziato di Chiggiogna
  2. ↑ Mario Fransioli: Chiggiogna. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 17th July 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Bellinzona 2007, pp. 127-128.
  4. ↑ Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta (photo)
  5. ↑ Oratorio San Giuseppe (photo)
  6. ↑ Oratorio Santa Petronilla e Nicola (photo)
  7. ↑ Bartolomeo Bedra at biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz (accessed on June 8, 2017).