Casa dei Canonici
The Casa dei Canonici is a town house, a palazzo in the old town of Locarno in the Swiss canton of Ticino . The building was built towards the end of the 16th century and expanded around 1600 by the patrician and governor Cristoforo Orelli. Orelli bequeathed the palazzo to the Canons of the Church of Santa Maria Assunta in his will .
Church and palazzo are protected cultural assets of national importance.
description
The church was added to the side of the three-story town house with the facade until 1636 . This north facade is structured by cornices and decorated with stucco . A vestibule leads into the inner courtyard, which is bordered by double loggias in the north and the church in the west.
The interior and the chimneys are also decorated with stucco. Coffered ceilings characterize the rooms in the east of the house, while in the western part facing the church, the rooms are vaulted.
literature
- Guglielmo Buetti: Note Storiche Religiose delle Chiese e Parrocchie della Pieve di Locarno, (1902), e della Verzasca, Gambarogno, Valle Maggia e Ascona (1906). Pedrazzini, Locarno 1969. pp. 149-158.
- Agostino Robertini: La Chiesa Nuova di Locarno. Pedrazzini, Locarno 1970.
Web links
- GSK , art guide through Switzerland: Chiesa di S. Maria Assunta or Chiesa Nuova e Casa dei Canonici. (German, pdf)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Category "A" in the inventory of cultural property protection with objects of national importance, KGS-DS-No. 5509
Coordinates: 46 ° 10 '10.7 " N , 8 ° 47' 37.4" E ; CH1903: 704 653 / 114033