Bedigliora

Bedigliora

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District :	Lugano districtw
Circle :	Sessa district
BFS no. :	5149i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	6981
Coordinates :	708 867 / 95579 coordinates: 46 ° 0 '11 " N , 8 ° 50' 38" O ; CH1903: seven hundred and eight thousand eight hundred sixty-seven / 9557946,003 8,844 617
Height :	617 m above sea level M.
Height range :	342–1107 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.54 km²
Residents:	625 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	249 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.bedigliora.ch
Bedigliora in front of the Monte Rosa massif
Location of the municipality
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Bedigliora is a municipality in the Sessa district, in the Lugano district in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland . The hamlets of Banco and Nerocco to the northwest and Beride to the southwest of the municipality belong to the municipality.

geography

The village is located in the Malcantone region on the southern slope of the Bedeia (Bedeglia) hill (684 m above sea level). The municipality contains the fractions Banco, Nerocco and Beride. Neighboring municipalities are: Astano , Sessa , Curio , Novaggio , Croglio and Pura .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1335 as Bedaliola. A dome grave on Monte Bedeglia is evidence of the early settlement of Bedigliora. In 1852 and 1886, prehistoric graves with a North Etruscan inscription were discovered in Banco, and in 1913 an ax from the Stone Age. Until 1599, Banco was the main town in the parish (later parish) Bedigliora. Bedigliora, Curio and Novaggio belonged to the castellanza , (Kastlanei), or Generalvicinanza of the same name. In 1628 Bedigliora was hit hard by the plague.

On June 16, 1929, the Società Pro Malcantone was founded in Bedigliora . The founding members were, as president, Felice Gambazzi ( Novaggio ), as well as Attilio Pelloni ( Breno TI ), Cornelio De Stefani ( Aranno ), Eugenio Schmidhauser ( Astano ), Andrea Selva ( Magliaso ), Silvio Cattaneo (Bedigliora), Giovanni Grandi ( Castelrotto ) , Nino Ezio Greppi ( Caslano ), Natale Marcolli ( Biogno ) and Antonio Pani ( Sessa ).

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 San Rocco with frescoes (1612), the church building replaced an old chapel from the 16th century; it was inaugurated on March 16, 1644 and contains various frescoes: fresco with Santa Caterina e San Sebastiano , crucifixion , Madonna and Child and San Francesco
Church of Santa Maria Assunta in the Banco fraction with an imposing sundial
Oratory San Salvatore in the cemetery, with painting by Melchior Paul von Deschwanden
Plague Chapel della Barella
Different cup stones. in the district of Rivascia near Capèla de la Barèla (580 m above sea level)

population

Population development
year	1591	1696	1801	1850	1900	1950	1980	1990	2000	2005	2010	2012	2014	2016	2017
Residents	420	517	500	499	495	344	349	399	540	605	625	632	637	644	634

traffic

The village is well connected with Novaggio and Ponte Tresa by a post bus line .

Personalities

literature

Teodoro Amadò: La parrocchia di Bedigliora: gli edifici sacri, gli economi spirituali ei parroci. In: Almanacco Malcantonese e Valle del Vedeggio. Elmo Bernasconi, Agno 2000, pp. 85 ff.
Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni , Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, ISBN 978-88-8281-353-6 .
Gina-Lisa Bucher, Roland Früh (ed.): The plague column in Bedigliora = La colonna della peste di Bedigliora. Hier + Jetzt, Verlag für Kultur und Geschichte, Baden 2010.
Virgilio Chiesa : Bedigliora. In: Lineamenti storici del Malcantone. Tipografia Gaggini-Bizzozero, Lugano 1961.
Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Bedigliora. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 23, 2011 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
Silvana Ghigonetto: Bedigliora: un «ricetto» di età viscontea. Dispensa Università delle Alpi - Associazione culturale Tribù di Levi. Bedigliora 2011.
Oskar Keller: Dialetti svizzeri: Dialetti della svizzera italiana Canton Ticino. Breno e Bedigliora / Registrati in collaborazione coll'Archivio fonografico dell'Università di Zurigo. Institute for Sound Research, Berlin 1939.
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Bedigliora. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007.
Giovanni Maria Staffieri : Bedigliora. In: Malcantone. Testimonianze culturali nei comuni malcantonesi. Lugano-Agno 1985, pp. 36-39, 61.
Celestino Trezzini : Bedigliora In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Basel - Berikon , Attinger, Neuenburg 1924, p. 69 ( digitized version ), (accessed on July 3, 2017); Idem: Biogno-Beride In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Beringen_Bion , Neuenburg 1921, p. 249 ( digitized version ) (accessed on June 26, 2017).

photos

Parish Church of San Rocco

Church square

View from the slope of Bedeia to the church tower.

Parish Church of San Rocco, interior view

San Rocco Church, Baptistery:

San Rocco Church, San Giuliano fresco

Painted wooden Madonna

Bedigliora village entrance

The village consists mainly of such narrow, picturesque streets

Bedeia hill with Monte Rogoria in the background

Web links

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

Data from the municipality of Bedigliora
Bedigliora: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Bedigliora (Italian)
Federal inventory ISOS: Bedigliora (PDF; 3.8 MB)
Bedigliora on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
↑ Celestino Trezzini: Banco on biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz, p. 554, (accessed on October 3, 2017).
↑ The stone from Banco with the North Etruscan inscription (photo) on biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz (accessed on June 1, 2017).
^ Giovanni Maria Staffieri: Banco In: Malcantone. Testimonianze culturali nei comuni malcantonesi. Lugano-Agno 1985, pp. 39, 61.
↑ Banco at biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz (accessed on June 1, 2017).
^ Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Bedigliora. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 23, 2011 .
^ Società Pro Malcantone. In: Virgilio Chiesa: Lineamenti storici del Malcantone. Gaggini Bizzozero, Curio 2002, pp. 240-241.
↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on June 3, 2016.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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. 408-409.
↑ Silvana Ghigonetto., 2006
^ Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni , Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, p. 41.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Bedigliora. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 23, 2011 .
^ The plague column in Bedigliora in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: June 1, 2016.)
^ Oskar Keller, Dialetti svizzeri: Dialetti della svizzera italiana Canton Ticino. Breno e Bedigliora on portal.dnb.de (accessed on: September 1, 2016.)

[1] Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .

[2] Celestino Trezzini: Banco on biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz, p. 554, (accessed on October 3, 2017).

[3] The stone from Banco with the North Etruscan inscription (photo) on biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz (accessed on June 1, 2017).

[4] Giovanni Maria Staffieri: Banco In: Malcantone. Testimonianze culturali nei comuni malcantonesi. Lugano-Agno 1985, pp. 39, 61.

[5] Banco at biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz (accessed on June 1, 2017).

[6] Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Bedigliora. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 23, 2011 .

[7] Società Pro Malcantone. In: Virgilio Chiesa: Lineamenti storici del Malcantone. Gaggini Bizzozero, Curio 2002, pp. 240-241.

[8] List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on June 3, 2016.

[Martinoli-9] 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. 408-409.

[10] Silvana Ghigonetto., 2006

[11] Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni , Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, p. 41.

[hsl-12] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Bedigliora. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 23, 2011 .

[13] The plague column in Bedigliora in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: June 1, 2016.)

[14] Oskar Keller, Dialetti svizzeri: Dialetti della svizzera italiana Canton Ticino. Breno e Bedigliora on portal.dnb.de (accessed on: September 1, 2016.)