Bosco Luganese

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Lugano district

Circle :

Agno district

Municipality :

Bioggio

Postal code :

6935

Coordinates :

713 839 / 98260 coordinates: 46 ° 1 '35 " N , 8 ° 54' 32" O ; CH1903: 713839 / 98260

Height :

529 m above sea level M.

Area :

1.56 km²

Residents:

348 (December 31, 2002)

Population density :

223 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.bioggio.ch

map

Parish before the merger on April 4, 2004

Bosco Luganese (1954)

Bosco Luganese and Hotel Villa Margherita (1954)

Bosco Luganese is part of the Ticino community Bioggio in county Agno the district Lugano .

geography

Bosco Luganese lies at 529 m above sea level. M. on a slope below the Alpe Agra between the plain of the Vedeggio in the east and the ravine of the Riale Roncaccio in the west. The village is around four kilometers west-northwest of Lugano , around one kilometer north of Bioggio and one kilometer east-northeast of Cademario . With the exception of the access road, the settlement area is completely surrounded by forests.

history

Originally belonging to the parish and parish of Cademario, the village was elevated to a parish in 1783 and a parish in 1807. A chaplain pledge was donated there in 1658.

Community merger

Bosco Luganese merged with the municipality of Bioggio on April 4, 2004.

population

Population development
year	1808	1845	1850	1900	1910	1950	1960	1990	2000	2002
Residents	114	220	198	189	184	179	169	276	348	348

traffic

The village is accessed by a side road that leads to Cademario and Bioggio. In Biggio this meets the main road 394 , which leads to Manno , where the connection to the A2 is located. The Lugano-Agno airport is in the immediate vicinity.

Attractions

Parish Church of Sant'Abbondio
Prayer chapel

Personalities

literature

Adolfo Caldelari: Bosco Luganese. In: Arte e Storia nel Ticino. ETT, Locarno 1975, pp. 122-123.
Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Bosco Luganese. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 11, 2017 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
Plinio Grossi: Bosco Luganese. In: Il Malcantone. Guida Galli-Tamburini, 2nd edition, Fontana Print SA Pregassona 1984, p. 145.
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Bosco Luganese. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 395.
Giovanni Maria Staffieri : Bosco Luganese. In: Malcantone. Testimonianze culturali nei comuni malcantonesi. Lugano-Agno 1985, pp. 98-99, 91.
Celestino Trezzini : Bosco Luganese In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Biondetti - Brupbacher , Attinger, Neuenburg 1924, p. 318 ( digitized version ), (accessed on July 3, 2017).

Web links

Bosco Luganese on the ETHorama platform
Website of the municipality of Bioggio
Data from the municipality of Bioggio
Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Bioggio (Italian)
Bosco Luganese: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
Ticinoin photo: Church of Sant'Abbondio on www.flickr.com
Bosco Luganese on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

↑ Bosco Luganese on biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz (accessed on June 30, 2017).
^ Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Bosco Luganese. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 19th December 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 395.

[1] Bosco Luganese on biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz (accessed on June 30, 2017).

[2] Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Bosco Luganese. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 19th December 2016 .

[Martinoli-3] Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 395.