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Coat of arms of Breganzona
Coat of arms of Lugano
Breganzona
district of Lugano
Map of Breganzona
Coordinates 715 449  /  96100 coordinates: 46 ° 0 '24 "  N , 8 ° 55' 45"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred fifteen thousand four hundred forty-nine  /  96100
height Ø 515  m
surface 2.28 km²
Residents 5240 (December 31, 2015)
Population density 2298 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation Apr 4, 2004
BFS no. 519-2011
Post Code 6932
Parish before the merger April 4, 2004
Parish Church of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
San Sebastiano Church
San Sebastiano

Breganzona is a district of the city of Lugano in the Lugano West district , in the Lugano district in the Swiss canton of Ticino .

geography

It is located on a hill west of the core area of ​​Lugano. Until it was incorporated into the city of Lugano on April 4, 2004, it formed an independent political municipality . It included several factions and the place Biogno . The former village had 4,782 inhabitants in 2000.

The former village is located on the slope of a hill that rises from the Val d'Agno to the west, slopes towards the Cortivallo basin in the east and towards Lake Muzzano in the south .

history

Breganzona was first mentioned in 984 as Brianzona . The Milanese monastery of Sant'Ambrogio owned land here in the 12th century . The inhabitants of both villages lived from viticulture, sheep and cattle breeding, chestnut forests and silk worms. Around 1890 there were 1,500 mulberry trees.

Biogno , first mentioned in 1022, joined Breganzona in 1925, while their Mulini faction came to the municipality of Bioggio .

While Breganzona still had 883 inhabitants in 1950, from 1950 the agglomeration of Lugano saw strong growth with a population increase of 73%. The hotel offer is part of Lugano's tourist infrastructure. In terms of traffic, Breganzona was previously opened up by the Lugano trolleybus .

population

Population development
year 1801 1850 1900 1910 1950 1990 2000 2015 2019
Residents 217 232 369 508 883 4654 4782 5240 5352

Attractions

  • The church of San Sebastiano in Breganzona dates from 1579. Inside: the Santa Liberata altar and the fresco of Sant'Antonio abate
  • In the district of Biogno: the parish church of Santi Quirico e Giulitta in Biogno, built in 1489, had connections with the monastery of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia
  • Chapels of the Cross
  • In the cemetery: Carlo Frasca's marble bust by Vincenzo Vela
  • Two twin palaces in via Lucino, architect Francesco Scoglio 2006–2007

music

  • Anton Röllin, composer, Breganzona: March , for brass or harmony music

Sports

  • Associazione Sportiva Breganzona
  • Atletico Breganzona

Personalities

literature

  • Virgilio Gilardoni : Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 229, 233.
  • Antonio Gili: Breganzona. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 17, 2017 , accessed December 31, 2019 .
  • Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 295, 331, 332, 333.
  • Nicola Pfund : Breganzona: echi dalla collina di ponente. Fontana Edizioni, Pregassona 2005.
  • Celestino Trezzini : Breganzona In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Biondetti – Brupbacher , Attinger, Neuenburg 1924, p. 345 ( digitized version ), (accessed on June 26, 2017), (accessed on July 2, 2017); Idem: Biogno In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, Volume 2, Beringen_Bion , Neuenburg 1924, p. 249 ( digitized version ).
  • Luciano Vaccaro, Giuseppe Chiesi, Fabrizio Panzera: Terre del Ticino. Diocesi di Lugano. Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 2003, p. 328.
  • Stefano Zuffi: Ipotesi e misteri da svelare per due fixed venetians. In: Giornale del Popolo . February 18, 2012, Lugano 2012.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Antonio Gili: Breganzona. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 28, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Population of Breganzona at the end of 2019 on statistica.lugano.ch/site/demografia/
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 331-333.
  4. ↑ Palazzine gemelle in via Lucino on ethorama.library.ethz.ch/en/node
  5. ↑ Breganzona: March on portal.dnb.de (accessed on: June 24, 2016.)
  6. ^ Associazione Sportiva Breganzona
  7. ↑ Atletico Breganzona (Italian) on facebook.com/groups/