Carasso TI
| Carasso | |
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| State : |
 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Ticino (TI)
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| District : | Bellinzona district |
| Circle : | Bellinzona district |
| Municipality : | Bellinzona |
| Postal code : | 6503 |
| Coordinates : | 721 681 / 118344 |
| Height : | 238 m above sea level M. |
| Residents: | 845 (1900) |
| Website: | www.bellinzona.ch |
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Carasso together with Galbisio a fraction of the political community Bellinzona , county Bellinzona , district of Bellinzona , in the Swiss canton of Ticino .
geography
The village is mainly located on the right bank of the Ticino River , three kilometers north of central Bellinzona. The Prato-Carasso district is on the left bank of the Ticino.
history
The village was first mentioned in 1207 as Calaxio . In 1882 a Roman altar stone consecrated to Jupiter and Mercury was discovered, and in 1968/1969 remains of Neolithic houses. A burial site from the Iron Age and late Roman graves are also known.
In 1291 Carasso formed a neighborhood (vicinia) and had a podestà in the person of Pietro Rusca. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Carasso belonged to the Rusconi family.
In 1907 the previously independent municipality of Carasso joined neighboring Bellinzona.
population
| Population development | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | 1591 | 1698 | 1801 | 1845 | 1850 | 1900 |
| Residents | 260 | 179 | 212 | 340 | 408 | 845 |
Attractions
- Parish church of Sant'Andrea, built in the first middle of the 17th century, baroque-style building (restored 1983 and 2004) with various artistic works by the sculptor Ivo Soldini (altar, baptismal font); Kuhn organ from 1984 (recorded by Guy Bovet and Gaston Litaize , among others )
- former Bonzanigo-Jauch brewery, founded in 1878, partly demolished.
- Civic community center in Via Galbisio No. 23, built in 1968/1970 according to plans by Luigi Snozzi and Livio Vacchini .
Sports
- Giovani Calciatori Carassesi
Personalities
- Giancarlo Maretti (* 1943), local historian, organizer of the annual event Monti Costa dell'Albera, founder of the Museo Maretti Morobbia
literature
- Bernhard Other: Guida d'Arte della Svizzera Italiana. Edizioni Trelingue, Porza-Lugano 1980, p. 3, 22.
- Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History . Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 39 f.
- Daniela Pauli Falconi: Carasso. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 3, 2003 , accessed January 8, 2020 .
- Celestino Trezzini : Carasso. In: Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland , Volume 2: Brusino - Caux. Attinger, Neuenburg 1924, p. 492 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Data from the municipality of Bellinzona
- Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Bellinzona
- History of the local community of Carasso (Italian) in patriziatodicarasso.ch (accessed on: May 7, 2016.)
- Carasso on elexikon.ch
Individual evidence
- ^ Daniela Pauli Falconi: Carasso. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 29, 2003 .
- ^ A b c Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 39-40.
- ^ Organ portrait on the website of the builder, accessed on April 17, 2014.
- ↑ Parish Church of Sant'Andrea (photo)
- ↑ Giovani Calciatori Carassesi (Italian) on football.ch/ftc/Club-FTC.aspx (accessed on: May 7, 2016.)
- ↑ Museo Maretti Morobbia (Italian) at ti.ch/decs/dcsu/osservatorio/risorse/ (accessed February 3, 2018.)
Former municipalities: Camorino | Carasso | Claro | Daro TI | Giubiasco | Gnosca | Gorduno | Gudo | Moleno | Monte Carasso | Pianezzo | Preonzo | Sant'Antonio | Sementina
Canton Ticino | Districts of the Canton of Ticino | Municipalities of the Canton of Ticino | Bellinzona district