Cavigliano

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Locarno district

Circle :

Melezza district

Municipality :

Terre di Pedemonte

Postal code :

6654

former BFS no. :

5099

Coordinates :

698.85 thousand / 115621 coordinates: 46 ° 11 '5 " N , 8 ° 43' 8" O ; CH1903: six hundred and ninety-eight thousand eight hundred fifty / 115621

Height :

307 m above sea level M.

Area :

5.46 km²

Residents:

689 (December 31, 2012)

Population density :

126 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.pedemonte.ch

Cavigliano

map

Parish before the merger on April 14, 2013

Parish Church of San Michele

Cavigliano train station

Old trot

Until April 13, 2013, Cavigliàno was a political municipality in the Melezza district , in the Locarno district in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland . On April 14, 2013 Cavigliàno was merged with Tegna and Verscio to form the new municipality of Terre di Pedemonte . Until the merger, the neighboring municipalities were Centovalli , Maggia , Vèrscio, Losone and Isorno .

geography

Aerial photo (1953)

The village is on the railway line through the Centovalli to Italy , at the entrance to the Onsernone Valley. With Tegna and Verscio, C. formed the Terre di Pedemonte region and a single civil parish.

Community merger

On September 22, 2002, a consultative vote took place on the merger project of the municipalities of Tégna, Vèrscio and Cavigliàno to form the new municipality of Terre di Pedemonte . The project was abandoned after Tégna's voters voted against it.

coat of arms

Blazon : In silver, a continuous red cross with a blue grapevine in the upper right field .

history

The place was inhabited at the beginning of Roman times. Eight Roman graves were found on November 14, 1944.

population

Population development
year	1591	1850	1900	1950	1970	1980	1990	2000	2012
Residents	300	258	225	312	418	440	515	646	689

Attractions

Parish church of San Michele with decorative paintings by Giovanni Antonio Vanoni and Pompeo Maino
Cavalli House
Residential house with fresco crowning the Virgin Mary
Residential house with fresco Madonna and Child
House with fresco Madonna di Re and Santi Gottardo and Vincenzo Ferrer
Old oven
Old trot
Roman necropolis

Culture

Galleria d'Arte Silvio Riccardo Baviera (Cavigliano)

Personalities

Julien de Parme (Jean Antoine Bartolomeo Ottolini) (born April 23, 1736 in Cavigliano, † July 28, 1799 in Paris ), painter
Angelo Monotti (born February 24, 1835 in Cavigliano, † June 5, 1915 ibid), photo pioneer, mayor of Cavigliano
Giulio Beda (born January 10, 1879 Trieste , † April 9, 1954 Dachau ), painter
Fritz Eduard Pauli (1891–1968), Swiss painter, etcher, illustrator
Herbert Fleischmann (1925–1984), German actor
Mike Van Audenhove (1957–2009) American / Belgian comic artist

literature

Virgilio Gilardoni : Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 286, 566, 579.
Rodolfo Huber: Cavigliano. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 19, 2017 , accessed January 8, 2020 .
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Cavigliano. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007.
Elfi Rüsch: I monumenti d'arte e di storia del Canton Ticino. Distretto di Locarno IV: La Verzasca, il Pedemonte, le Centovalli e l'Onsernone. (= The art monuments of Switzerland. Volume 123). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History SKG. Bern 2013, ISBN 978-3-03797-084-3 , pp. 169–179.
Celestino Trezzini : Cavigliano. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Cavadini - Daegerlen. Attinger, Neuenburg 1924, p. 522 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Cavigliano - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Aldo Crivelli: Tombe romane a Cavigliano. In: Rivista Storica Ticinese , Anno 9, N. 1-6, Gennaio-Dicembre 1946, Istituto Editoriale Ticinese, Bellinzona 1946, p. 1219.
^ Rodolfo Huber: Cavigliano. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 14, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 213-214.
^ Sabina Mazzi: Terre da Raccontare. I corredi della necropoli romana di Cavigliano. (Italian) on e-periodica.ch (accessed on January 16, 2017).
^ Galleria d'Arte Silvio Riccardo Baviera
^ Mariangela Agliati Ruggia: Julien de Parme. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 6, 2007 , accessed March 29, 2020 .
^ Mariangela Agliati Ruggia: Julien de Parme (Jean Antoine Bartolomeo Ottolini). In: Sikart , accessed January 13, 2016.
↑ Marco Marcacci: Angelo Monotti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 17, 2007 , accessed April 2, 2020 .
↑ Angelo Monotti (Italian) at ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti (accessed on November 1, 2016).
↑ Giulio Beda. In: Sikart

[1] Aldo Crivelli: Tombe romane a Cavigliano. In: Rivista Storica Ticinese , Anno 9, N. 1-6, Gennaio-Dicembre 1946, Istituto Editoriale Ticinese, Bellinzona 1946, p. 1219.

[2] Rodolfo Huber: Cavigliano. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 14, 2017 .

[Martinoli-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 213-214.

[4] Sabina Mazzi: Terre da Raccontare. I corredi della necropoli romana di Cavigliano. (Italian) on e-periodica.ch (accessed on January 16, 2017).

[5] Galleria d'Arte Silvio Riccardo Baviera

[6] Mariangela Agliati Ruggia: Julien de Parme. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 6, 2007 , accessed March 29, 2020 .

[7] Mariangela Agliati Ruggia: Julien de Parme (Jean Antoine Bartolomeo Ottolini). In: Sikart , accessed January 13, 2016.

[8] Marco Marcacci: Angelo Monotti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 17, 2007 , accessed April 2, 2020 .

[9] Angelo Monotti (Italian) at ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti (accessed on November 1, 2016).

[10] Giulio Beda. In: Sikart