Traona

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Traona
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Traona (Italy)
Traona
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Sondrio  (SO)
Local name Traùna
Coordinates 46 ° 9 '  N , 9 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 9 '0 "  N , 9 ° 31' 0"  E
height 252  m slm
surface 6.2 km²
Residents 2,853 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 460 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 23019
prefix 0342
ISTAT number 014069
Popular name Traonesi
Patron saint Alexander (Martyr) ( March 10 )
Website Traona
Traona municipality in the province of Sondrio
Traona

Traona is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 2853 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Sondrio in Lombardy .

geography

The municipality is located about 27 kilometers west of Sondrio . The Adda forms the southern boundary of the municipality. The neighboring municipalities are Cercino , Civo , Cosio Valtellino , Mello , Morbegno and Novate Mezzola .

Toponomics

Several hypotheses have been put forward about the origin of the name, all of which derive the name from Latin. The most reliable derivation comes from the Swiss historian Giovanni Guler von Weineck, who, due to the special fertility of the soil and the sanctity of the climate, traces the origin of the toponym back to the expression Terra Bona .

The human presence in the area of ​​Traona in ancient times is attested by a grave vault of the century. V dC, discovered during work in the courtyard of the town hall in the 1980s.

history

At what time the first settlements emerged in the municipality cannot be determined with certainty. First settlement findings point to antiquity. The burial mounds in the community can be dated to the fifth century AD.

In the 12th century, Lake Como reached as far as Traona, which gave the place an important transport policy significance. It was a bridge on the Adda and the center of the Communitas montanae Domopholi , of all the villages on the outer right slope of the valley. From 1335, Traona was under the rule of Milan and the capital of the right Squadra of the lower Terzier, seat of a Podestà (German: governor or governor) and customs post at the tower of Olonio on Lake Como. The Paravicini, Vertemate, Malacrida and Omodei families lived in the village.

Under the rule of Graubünden from 1512 a Podestà had its seat in Traona again. Therefore, from 1545 onwards, Italian evangelical refugees came to this place, where the reformed Bündner Dolfino Landolfi was governor. Some of them, like Camillo Renato and Augustinus a Crema, also worked as preachers in the region. In 1589 there was a small Reformed community of 15 families in the village , the majority of whom came from Caspano and lived in Traona in winter. They had their own pastor and gathered in the no longer existing church of Santa Trinità. In Veltliner murder in 1620 a part of this community was killed. 1638 was the headquarters of the French general François-Annibal d'Estrées in Traona . In 1797 Traona and Valtellina became part of the Cisalpine Republic .

Attractions

  • Parish church of Sant'Alessandro Martire preserves three imposing oil paintings with Storie di Sant'Alessandro by the painter Giacomo Parravicino and in the apse a fresco attributed to Gaudenzio Ferrari (16th century).
  • Oratory Sant'Ignazio di Loyola (1780–1781), architect Pietro Solari.
  • Parravicini Palace (18th century).
  • Santa Caterina church in the Corlazzo district, preserves strange frescoes by Giovan Andrea de Magistris (mid-15th century).

Events

The main event is Traona in Cantina , which usually takes place on the first weekends of October. In the summer there are also popular festivals such as La festa del cinghiale , The Friends of the Branch and The Festival of Solidarity .

Picture gallery

  • Parish Church of Sant'Alessandro Martire

  • town hall

  • Street in Traona

  • View of Traona

  • House in Traona

  • Vineyards in Traona

literature

  • Martin Bundi: Traona. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2012 .
  • E. Camenisch: History of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation in the Italian southern valleys of Graubünden and the former subjects of Chiavenna, Valtellina and Bormio. 1950.
  • M. Gianasso (Ed.): Guida turistica della provincia di Sondrio. 1979.
  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 360.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Traona Online
  • Traona on tuttitalia.it/lombardia

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ Adolf Collenberg: Landolfi, Dolfino. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2007 .
  3. ↑ Luca Baschera: Renato, Camillo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2011 .
  4. ↑ Martin Bundi: Traona. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2012 .