Casima

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Mendrisio district

Circle :

Mendrisio district

Municipality :

Castel San Pietro

Postal code :

6875

Coordinates :

724 067 / 83377 coordinates: 45 ° 53 '26 " N , 9 ° 2' 13" O ; CH1903: seven hundred and twenty-four thousand and sixty-seven / 83377

Height :

620 m above sea level M.

Area :

1.00 km²

Residents:

61 (December 31, 2000)

Population density :

61 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.castelsanpietro.ch

map

Parish before the merger on April 4, 2004

Casima is a village in the Mendrisio district , in the Mendrisio district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland . From 1805 to 2004 Casima was a separate political municipality .

geography

The village is at 620 m. ü. M. on the slope of Monte Generoso in the Muggio Valley .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1507 under the then name Casima . In the Middle Ages the village was a fraction of the municipality of Cabbio , in 1805 it became an independent municipality.

Community merger

Since April 4, 2004 the village belongs to the municipality of Castel San Pietro TI .

population

Population development
year	1801	1850	1900	1950	1980	2000
Residents	94	149	94	77	34	61

Attractions

Parish church of Madonna Addolorata and San Carlo Borromeo, consecrated in 1823, with painting Annunciation by the painter Simone Calvi (late 17th century)
Old Nevèra (snow cellar)
Old stone bridge.

literature

Stefania Bianchi: Casima. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 12, 2005 , accessed January 8, 2020 .
Flavio Maggi: Patriziati e patrizi ticinesi. Pramo Edizioni, Viganello 1997.
Giuseppe Martinola : Inventario d'arte del Mendrisiotto. Volume I, Edizioni dello Stato, Bellinzona 1975.
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007.

Web links

Data from the municipality of Castel San Pietro at the Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino (Italian)
Casima in the cultural assets inventory of the Canton of Ticino

Casima in the federal inventory ISOS (PDF; 1.3 MB)

Casima on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

↑ Stefania Bianchi: Casima. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 15, 2005 .
^ ^A ^b ^c Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 478.

[1] Stefania Bianchi: Casima. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 15, 2005 .

[Martinoli-2] A ^b ^c Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 478.