Arzo
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 Ticino (TI)
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| District : | Mendrisio district |
| Circle : | Riva San Vitale |
| Municipality : | Mendrisio |
| Postal code : | 6864 |
| Coordinates : | 716 648 / 81612 |
| Height : | 501 m above sea level M. |
| Area : | 2.82 km² |
| Residents: | 1271 (December 31, 2016) |
| Population density : | 451 inhabitants per km² |
| Website: | mendrisio.ch/quartieri/arzo/ |
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Arzo had until April 4, 2009, a municipality in the district of Riva San Vitale of the district Mendrisio in the Swiss canton of Ticino .
geography
Arzo lies at 501 m above sea level. M. at the foot of the Poncione d'Arzo ( 1015 m above sea level ) in the valley of the Gaggiolo river , whose tributaries form the Valle d'Arzo and Valle Maggiore above Arzo . The village is located around 4 km west-northwest of Mendrisio and around 8 km northwest of Chiasso directly on the border with Italy . The settlement area has almost completely merged with that of Besazio .
history
The village was first mentioned in 1335 as Arzio . Arzo belonged under the Visconti , under Swiss rule and until 1814 to the district of Lugano . In 1798 it formed part of the independent Republic of Riva San Vitale . The place was already known for its marble quarries in the Middle Ages. Arzo marble was used, for example, for the construction of the Como Cathedral , in 1435 for the restoration of the facade of the Broletto in Como, for the altar of the Church of San Pietro in Astano and for the relief on the Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Lugano. The village imposed a tax on the marble extracted from its quarries. In the first half of the 14th century Arzo had to provide eight conscripts for the dukes of Milan.
From an ecclesiastical point of view, Arzo belonged to the parish of Riva San Vitale, from which it was replaced on October 15, 1630 and made an independent parish; In the 18th century it owed the mother church of Riva San Vitale an interest of 415 lire, which was later redeemed.
Community merger
On November 25, 2007, the merger of the municipalities of Arzo, Capolago , Genestrerio , Mendrisio, Rancate and Tremona was approved by their voters. On April 5, 2009, they joined forces to form the new Mendrisio community.
population
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| year | 1591 | 1769 | 1801 | 1850 | 1900 | 1902 | 1950 | 2000 | 2016 | 2018 |
| Residents | 260 | 610 | 418 | 634 | 743 | 735 | 653 | 1010 | 1271 | 1281 |
traffic
Arzo is mainly accessed by the main road 393 , which connects the village with the A2, which is only a few kilometers away, and with Saltrio in Italy. The most important connection road for the village of Meride , which is further up in the valley, branches off the main road in Arzo.
Attractions
The village image is classified in the inventory of protected sites in Switzerland (ISOS) as a site of national importance in Switzerland.
- Parish Church of Santi Nazaro and Celso
- Bustelli house (inn)
- Public bath
- Fortresses Arzo-Monte Orsa-Meride
Infrastructures
- Società di Mutuo Soccorso fra gli Operai della Lega dei Tre Castelli di Meride, Arzo e Tremona
- Al Castello Produzioni Cinematografiche SA
Sports
- Associazione Sportiva della Montagna Arzo - Besazio - Meride - Tremona
Personalities
literature
- Stefania Bianchi: Arzo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 26, 2017 , accessed February 5, 2020 .
- Tita Carloni , Claudio Origoni: Arzo. Memoria di pietre. Inventario dei portali del paese. Mendrisio 2007.
- Rinaldo Giambonini, Agostino Robertini, Silvano Toppi: Arzo. In: Il Comune. Edizioni Giornale del Popolo, Lugano 1971, pp. 21-32.
- Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 430-432.
- Giovanni Piffaretti: Pagliuzze di storia di Arzo. Mendrisio 1991; Idem: Strade e piazze di Arzo hanno un nome. Mendrisio 1997.
- Celestino Trezzini : Arzo. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 1, Ardutius - Basel , Attinger, Neuchâtel 1921, p. 453 ( digitized version ).
Web links
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- Website of the municipality of Mendrisio
- Data from the municipality of Mendrisio
- Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Mendrisio
- Quartier Arzo on the website of the municipality of Mendrisio (Italian)
- Federal inventory ISOS: Arzo (PDF; 1.7 MB)
- Arzo: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
- Arzo on elexikon.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stefania Bianchi: Arzo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 26, 2017 .
- ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Arzo. In Arzo, page 453 on biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz (accessed on May 24, 2017).
- ↑ Arzo. In: Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, first volume, Aa - Emmengruppe, Gebrüder Attinger, Neuchâtel 1902
- ↑ Stefania Bianchi: Arzo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 26, 2017 .
- ^ Population of Arzo at the end of 2018
- ↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
- ↑ a b c Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 430-432.
- ↑ Parish Church of Santi Nazaro and Celso in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: June 5, 2016)
- ↑ Fortresses Arzo-Monte Orsa-Meride on forti.ch
- ^ Società di Mutuo Soccorso fra gli Operai della Lega dei Tre Castelli di Meride, Arzo e Tremona on libreriauniversitaria.it
- ↑ Al Castello Produzioni Cinematografiche SA (Italian) on alcastello.tv
- ^ Associazione sportiva della montagna
