Camedo

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Locarno district

Circle :

Melezza district

Municipality :

Centovalli

Postal code :

6659

Coordinates :

690 410 / 112 248 coordinates: 46 ° 9 '20 " N , 8 ° 36' 32" O ; CH1903: six hundred ninety thousand four hundred and ten / one hundred and twelve thousand two hundred and forty-eight

Height :

594 m above sea level M.

Residents:

70

Website:

www.centovalli.swiss

Camedo village

map

San Lorenzo Church

Customs Camedo

Camedo Railway Station

Ribellasca Bridge

Camedo is a district in the political municipality of Centovalli in the Melezza district , in the Locarno district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland . Camedo is on the border with Piedmont , Italy .

geography

The village is located on a terrace on the southern slope of the Centovalli , about 600 m above sea level. M. Around twenty people live in the village all year round. Thanks to the Centovalli railway station and the " Via del Mercato " hiking trail, the former border village is now primarily a place of relaxation and a popular destination for hikers.

history

Camedo is mentioned as Camédum as early as 1297. After the division of the municipality of Centovalli in 1838, Camedo became a district of the then created Comune di Borgnone. This situation was remedied in 2009 when the municipality of Centovalli with its 19 districts was newly formed on April 8, 2009 with the consent of the State Council.

Camedo is known for the stories of smuggling, which are characterized by their geographical proximity to Italy and which were and are the first Swiss train station after the border.

In 1964 a small textile factory was built in Camedo.

Attractions

In Camedo, the church is dedicated to San Lorenzo. It was probably built in the 17th century. In 1725 a Tuscan style portico was added. Above the fresco portal with the patron saint. In an altarpiece with San Lorenzo and an altarpiece from Scagliola from the mid-18th century, signed by Giuseppe Maria Pancaldi.

Economy and Infrastructure

The Camedo station of the Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi (FART) is a station of the Locarno-Domodossola-Bahn ("Centovallina").

Camedo is the first station of the Centovalli Railway on Swiss soil when it comes from Italy.

literature

Rodolfo Huber: Borgnone. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 11, 2017 , accessed January 8, 2020 .
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007.
Celestino Trezzini : Camedo. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Brusino - Caux , Attinger, Neuchâtel 1924, p. 478 ( biblio.unibe.ch PDF).

Web links

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

Official website of the Municipality of Centovalli (Italian)
Camedo (English)
Centovalli municipality data
Centovalli. Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino (Italian)
Website of the Museo Regional delle Centovalli e Pedemonte (Italian)
On the history of the Centovalli

Individual evidence

↑ Dettaglio - GC (Poteri) - Repubblica e Cantone Ticino. Retrieved February 10, 2019 .
↑ The origins of the old Centovalli municipality. In: Centovalli Ticino. September 16, 2018, accessed on February 11, 2019 (German).
^ Official Bulletin of Laws and Executives of the Republic and the Canton of Ticino, Volume 135, Page 330. (PDF) Accessed on February 8, 2019 .
↑ Guido Max Wähli: Centovalli and Pedemonte: Contribution to the regional studies of a Ticino valley . 1967 ( worldcat.org [accessed February 10, 2019]).

[1] Dettaglio - GC (Poteri) - Repubblica e Cantone Ticino. Retrieved February 10, 2019 .

[2] The origins of the old Centovalli municipality. In: Centovalli Ticino. September 16, 2018, accessed on February 11, 2019 (German).

[3] Official Bulletin of Laws and Executives of the Republic and the Canton of Ticino, Volume 135, Page 330. (PDF) Accessed on February 8, 2019 .

[4] Guido Max Wähli: Centovalli and Pedemonte: Contribution to the regional studies of a Ticino valley . 1967 ( worldcat.org [accessed February 10, 2019]).