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Lostallo
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Graubünden (GR)
Region :	Moesa
BFS no. :	3821
Postal code :	6558
Coordinates :	735.51 thousand  /  130696 coordinates: 46 ° 18 '50 "  N , 9 ° 11' 53"  O ; CH1903:  735 510  /  130696
Height :	439  m above sea level M.
Height range :	390–2691 m above sea level M.
Area :	50.87  km²
Residents:	792 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	16 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.lostallo.ch
View from the south
Location of the municipality

Lostallo is a municipality in the Moesa region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland .

Old prayer chapel Madonna d'Aquate

coat of arms

Blazon : In red a standing winged golden (yellow) lion of St. Mark with a silver (white) nimbus and a banner

At St. Mark the inhabitants of the valleys Assembly Misox and Calanca found every year in the Lostallo "Centena" instead, connected to a procession . Red and gold are the colors of the Sax-Misox men .

geography

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1953

The municipality is located on the western slope on the right side of the Moësa and consists of the village and the Cabbiolo and Sorte fractions . Neighboring communities are Soazza , Calanca , Grono , Cama and Gordona in the province of Sondrio .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1219 under the then name Lostallo . Every three years, the electors of the municipality meet in Lostallo to elect the district court.

population

Population development
year	1802	1850	1900	1950	2000	2004	2010	2012	2014	2016	2017
Residents	212	363	372	424	656	670	707	725	762	785	760

Of the 670 residents at the end of 2004, 606 (= 90.45%) were Swiss citizens.

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Lostallo

• Catholic Parish Church of Saint Giorgio
• Oratory of San Carlo Borromeo
• Prayer Chapel Madonna d'Aquate (1704)
• Saint Nicolao chapel and rectory in the Cabbiolo district
• Chapel of S. Maria Assunta in the Sorte district
• Bowl stone called El Sass di Strion in the Groven district (1880 m above sea level) and six other bowl stones
• Schalenstein (character stone) on the border with the municipality of Soazza in the district of Ara (525 m above sea level)
• Cascata del Groven waterfall

Others

According to the company, Lostallo has the longest RC car track in the world at 430 m . European and world championships are held regularly on the course. There is also a salmon farm in Lostallo where the fish are raised in a closed circulation system .

The psychedelic trance music festival "Shankra" takes place here every year.

Personalities

• The Jacomella family from Lostallo
• Tonella family from Cabbiolo
• Franco Binda (* 1925 in Lostallo; † 23 August 2019 in Locarno ), he founded the Museo della Valle Verzasca , researcher, local archaeologist , publicist

Sports

• Associazione Sportiva Moesa

literature

• Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, ISBN 978-88-8281-353-6 .
• The municipalities of the canton of Graubünden. Chur / Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-7253-0741-5 .
• Valeria Farinati: Centrali idroelettriche d'autore. In: Arte & Storia. Il Ticino dell'acqua. Dalla formazione geologica del Cantone alle attività economiche, Edizioni Ticino Management, anno 12, number 54, aprile-luglio 2012. Lugano 2012.
• Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 500-501.
• Erwin Poeschel : The Art Monuments of the Canton of Graubünden, Volume VI: The Italian Graubünden valleys of Puschlav, Misox and Calanca. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 17). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1945, ISBN 978-3-906131-55-9 .
• Balser Puorger : Lostallo. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 4, Liebegg - Milan. Attinger, Neuchâtel 1921, p. 714 ( digitized version ).
• Cesare Santi: Lostallo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 10, 2008 .
• Cesare Santi: Cabbiolo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 10, 2003 .
• Various authors: Lostallo. In: Storia dei Grigioni , 3 volumes, Collana "Storia dei Grigioni", Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2000.

Web links

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

• Lostallo on the ETHorama platform
• Official website of the municipality of Lostallo
• Catalogo ASTI, Lostallo at www3.ti.ch/DECS/dcsu/ac/asti/cff/ (accessed on March 7, 2018).
• Lostallo on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

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. ↑ Cesare Santi: Lostallo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 10, 2008 .
3. ^ Catholic parish church of S. Giorgio
4. ^ Oratorio San Carlo Borromeo
5. ↑ Prayer Chapel Madonna d'Aquate (Italian) on lostallo.ch (accessed January 10, 2017).
6. ↑ S. Nicolao Chapel
7. ↑ S. Maria Assunta Chapel
8. ↑ Franco Binda, Locarno 2013, p. 18 (photo), 205–207.
9. ^ Franco Binda, Locarno 2013, pp. 201, 208–209.
10. ↑ Cascata del Groven waterfall on waterfall.ch
11. ↑ Cascata del Groven on ethorama.library.ethz.ch/de/node
12. ↑ Simona Caminada: Swiss premiere: First salmon from Lostallo. In: srf.ch . September 21, 2018, accessed September 27, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Shankra Festival. Accessed August 21, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Genealogia della famiglia Jacomella di Lostallo (Italian) at bsg.nb.admin.ch/lib (accessed on January 10, 2017).
15. ↑ La famiglia Tonella di Cabbiolo (Italian) on bsg.nb.admin.ch/lib (accessed on January 10, 2017).
16. ^ Franco Binda writings on worldcat.org/identities
17. ^ Associazione Sportiva Moesa