Campodolcino

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Campodolcino
coat of arms
Campodolcino (Italy)
Campodolcino
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Sondrio  (SO)
Coordinates 46 ° 24 '  N , 9 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 24 '15 "  N , 9 ° 21' 7"  E
height 1071  m slm
surface 48 km²
Residents 934 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 19 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 23021
prefix 0343
ISTAT number 014012
Popular name Campodolcinesi
Patron saint John the Baptist ( June 24th )
Website Campodolcino
Campodolcino

Campodolcino ( Eng .: Gampolschin ) is a municipality in the Val San Giacomo in the province of Sondrio in Lombardy , Italy .

geography

Campodolcino has 934 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and an area of ​​48 km². Campodolcino is located south of the Splügen Pass , near the border with the canton of Graubünden , Switzerland . The Tini , Strarleggia , Fraciscio and Motta factions belong to Campodolcino . Adjacent communities are Madesimo , Mesocco (CH-GR), Piuro and San Giacomo Filippo .

Campodolcino municipality in the province of Sondrio

Attractions

  • Parish Church of San Giovanni Battista, built around 1400
  • Statue Nostra Signora d'Europa , by Egidio Casagrande, 13 meters high, consecrated October 15, 1957 by Cardinal Montini .
  • Lago Azzurro in the Motta parliamentary group
Lake Azzurro di Motta
  • Cà Bardassa in the Fraciscio district, 17th century, today Museo etnografico .
  • Ponte Romano on the Giessbach Rabbiosa, near the parish church.
Ponte Romano in winter
  • Pian dei Cavalli with paleontological finds.
  • Birth house of Saint Luigi Guanella in the Fraciscio district.
  • Il MuViS, Museo della Via Spluga e della Val San Giacomo in the old town hall (the Palazz ), Ethnographic Museum since 2007, since 2011 the seat of the Ecomuseo della Valle Spluga .

Personalities

  • Luigi Guanella (1842–1915), Catholic priest and founder of an order.

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.