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Val Colla coat of arms
Coat of arms of Lugano
Val Colla
district of Lugano
Map of Val Colla
Coordinates 725 332  /  105014 coordinates: 46 ° 5 '6 "  N , 9 ° 3' 32"  O ; CH1903:  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
Parish before the merger on April 13, 2013

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
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

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patriziato di Cartera (Italian) on lugano.ch/citta-amministrazione/patriziati (accessed on: March 29, 2018.)
  2. ↑ Population of Certara at the end of 2019 on statistica.lugano.ch/site/demografia/
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Parish Church of San Pietro di Verona Martire
  5. ↑ Parish Church of San Pietro di Verona Martire (photo)
  6. ↑ San Rocco Baptistery
  7. ↑ San Rocco Baptistery (photo)
  8. ↑ Davide Cascio. In: Sikart