Certara
Val Colla district of Lugano |
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Coordinates | 725 332 / 105014 |
height | Ø 1100 m |
surface | 21.75 km² |
Residents | 55 (Dec 31, 2012) |
Population density | 3 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation | Apr 14, 2013 |
BFS no. | 519-2027 |
Post Code | 6959 |
Certara was until 13 April 2013 municipality in the county Sonvico , district Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .
The former municipalities of Bogno , Certara, Cimadera and Valcolla now belong to the new Lugano district of Val Colla .
geography
The former municipality is 1013 meters above sea level. M. 1 km east of Colla and 13 km north of Lugano in the upper part of Val Colla , west of the Monte Cucco mountain and borders on Italy .
history
First documented mention in 1264 as Certara . In the first half of the 15th century, the village had to provide the Duke of Milan with 28 soldiers and war material. At that time it was already a municipality, although in 1473 people still speak of the municipality of Colla and Certara.
Local civil parish
The local civil parish of Certara
population
Population development | ||||||||||||
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year | 1591 | 1791 | 1808 | 1850 | 1870 | 1900 | 1920 | 1950 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2019 |
Residents | about 100 | 150 | 102 | 142 | 171 | 181 | 159 | 136 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 94 |
Attractions
- Parish Church of San Pietro di Verona Martire
- Baptistery of San Rocco from the 17th century
Personalities
- Davide Cascio (born May 1, 1976 in Lugano), painter, sculptor, visual art
Sports
- Società cooperativa Pista di Fondo della Val Colla.
literature
- Antonio Gili: Certara. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 17, 2017 , accessed January 8, 2020 .
- Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, page 383.
- Giovanni Rovelli: La Castellanza di Sonvico. 1927, pp. 25, 51.
- Scuola Media di Tesserete: Una valle da scoprire. Edizioni Fontana, Lugano 2005, p. 127.
- Celestino Trezzini : Certara. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Cavadini - Daegerlen. Attinger, Neuchâtel 1924, page 527, ( digitized version ).
- Various authors: Quadernetti della Val Colla. Edizioni Tipografia Poncioni SA, Losone 2003, page 88.
- Fernando Zappa (Ed.): Valli di Lugano. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1990.
Web links
- Quartier Val Colla (Italian) at www.lugano.ch
- Valcolla: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
- Certara: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
- Certara on elexikon.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patriziato di Cartera (Italian) on lugano.ch/citta-amministrazione/patriziati (accessed on: March 29, 2018.)
- ↑ Population of Certara at the end of 2019 on statistica.lugano.ch/site/demografia/
- ^ A b 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. 383.
- ^ Parish Church of San Pietro di Verona Martire
- ↑ Parish Church of San Pietro di Verona Martire (photo)
- ↑ San Rocco Baptistery
- ↑ San Rocco Baptistery (photo)
- ↑ Davide Cascio. In: Sikart