Castro TI

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TI is the abbreviation for the canton of Ticino in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Castrof .
Castro
Castro coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Blenio districtw
Municipality : Acquarossai2
Postal code : 6723
Coordinates : 714 342  /  147 819 coordinates: 46 ° 28 '19 "  N , 8 ° 55' 39"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and fourteen thousand three hundred and forty-two  /  one hundred forty-seven thousand eight hundred nineteen
Height : 651  m above sea level M.
Area : 3.00  km²
Residents: 81 (December 31, 2000)
Population density : 27 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.acquarossa.ch
Castro, looking north

Castro, looking north
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Castro TI (Switzerland)
Castro TI
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Parish before the merger on April 4, 2004
Castro

Castro ( Lombard Castra [ˈkaʃtra] ) is a fraction of the municipality Acquarossa in the district of Blenio in the Swiss canton of Ticino . Until 2004 it formed an independent political municipality .

geography

Castro is located on a terrace on the right slope of the Blenio valley on the right bank of the Brenno , 14 km northwest of Biasca .

history

In 1200 the place is mentioned for the first time in the phrase concilium de Castri . At that time, as well as in 1253, there is also talk of a castle, which may be of Lombard origin and gave the place its name.

In the Middle Ages, the village, together with Marolta and Ponto Valentino, formed a single body called consiglio . Their goods were divided between the three political communities in 1895.

On April 4, 2004, Castro merged with Corzoneso , Dongio , Largario , Leontica , Lottigna , Marolta, Ponto Valentino and Prugiasco to form the newly formed municipality of Acquarossa.

population

Population development
year 1567 1808 1850 1900 1950 1970 2000
Residents 68 114 129 97 81 62 81

Attractions

  • Parish church of San Giorgio, first mentioned in 1205, the current building dates from 1868
  • Oratory of Sant'Antonio da Padova from 1730
  • Casa dei Landvogti or Casa Bolla (18th century).

Personalities

literature

  • Piero Bianconi (Ed.): Castro. In: Inventario delle cose d'arte e di antichità. Le Tre Valli Superiori. Leventina, Blenio, Riviera. Grassi & Co., Bellinzona 1948, pp. 35, 37.
  • Sonia Fiorini: Castro. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 9, 2017 , accessed January 8, 2020 .
  • Giuseppe Gallizia : Il martirologio di Castro (1554–1555). In: Archivio Storico Ticinese. 2nd series, year XXXIII, number 120, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 1996.
  • Simona Martinoli u. a .: Castro. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007.
  • Agostino Robertini, Silvano Toppi, Gian Piero Pedrazzi: Castro. In: Il Comune. Edizioni Giornale del Popolo, Lugano 1974, pp. 123-136.
  • Celestino Trezzini : Castro. In: Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland , Volume 2: Brusino - Caux. Attinger, Neuenburg 1924, p. 517 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Castro TI  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 222.
  2. ^ Sonia Fiorini: Castro. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 15th December 2016 .
  3. ^ 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 , p. 89. 102-103.
  4. ↑ Alberto Caldelari: Arte e storia in Ticino . Ente Ticinese per il turismo, Bellinzona 1975, p. 35 .