Campodolcino
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Sondrio (SO) | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 24 ' N , 9 ° 21' 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 ( 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 .
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
- Cà Bardassa in the Fraciscio district, 17th century, today Museo etnografico .
- Ponte Romano on the Giessbach Rabbiosa, near the parish church.
- 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
- Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 411.
- Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Campodolcino Online
- Campodolcino on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
Web links
Commons : Campodolcino - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Campodolcino on the ETHorama platform
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.