Clivio

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Swiss designer and university professor, see Franco Clivio .

Clivio
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Varese  (VA)
Local name	Cif or Cii
Coordinates	45 ° 52 ′  N , 8 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  E
height	468  m slm
surface	2.9 km²
Residents	1,943 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	670 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	21050
prefix	0332
ISTAT number	012052
Popular name	cliviesi
Patron saint	Peter and Paul ( June 29 )
Website	Clivio

Clivio municipality in the province of Varese

Parish Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo

View of Clivio

San Materno Church

Palazzo Albuzzi called Reale

Clivio is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region . It belongs to the Comunità Montana del Piambello .

geography

The municipality is located about 9.5 kilometers northeast of Varese directly on the border with the Swiss canton of Ticino and covers an area of ​​2.9  km² . The Torrente Clivio passes the village to the north and west and largely forms the border with neighboring Italian communities. A little south of the village center, the Laveggio rises in three small ponds , which flows into Lake Lugano at Riva San Vitale in Ticino . The neighboring communities are Cantello , Mendrisio (CH-TI), Saltrio , Stabio (CH-TI) and Viggiù .

population

Population development
year	1576	1687	1751	1805	1853	1901	1931	1951	1961	1971	1991	2001	2011	2016	2018
Residents	176	385	367	538	* 738	997	* 930	927	1121	1579	1802	1963	1942	1963	1921

• 1809 merger with Viggiù
• 1927 Merger with Viggiù

Attractions

• Parish Church of Santi Pietro and Paolo
• San Materno Church
• Santa Maria della Rosa church preserves a late Gothic fresco
• Palazzo Albuzzi called Reale

Events

• Since 2009, chocolate tastings have been held on the Cioccolandando Clivio path every first Sunday in February.
• On June 29th there is the festival of protection with a small market in the village square.
• In the last week of November or on December 1st, the Christmas market takes place in the courtyard of the Royal Palace (Palazzo Albuzzi).

Personalities

• Giordano di Clivio (* 11th century in Clivio; † October 4, 1120 in Milan ) Archbishop of Milan .
• Ottobono di Clivio (12th century), father of Giordano
• Ambrogio da Clivio (15th century), lawyer
• Carlo Francesco Buzzi (* around 1700 in Clivio, † after 1730 in Germany), plasterer. He worked in Germany with the plasterer Giovanni Battista Clerici from Meride .
• Giuseppe Antonio Albuccio (Albuzio / Albuzzi) (* 1720 in Clivio; † 1776 ibid), plasterer. He worked in Mannheim Palace, the Schwetzingen Palace orangery , Benrath Palace and Jägerhof Palace in Düsseldorf .
• Stefano Albuzzi (* around 1739 in Clivio; † around 1800 there), sculptor, altar builder in Albesio , Soncino (1775), Crescentino (1770, 1790), San Nazzaro Sesia (1790), Caravaggio (1780), Clivio and Candelo .
• Antonio Monzini (* 1739 in Clivio; † 1800 ibid), sculptor, plasterer between 1759 and 1798; his works are in the parish churches of Sagno , Castel San Pietro , Coldrerio , Caneggio , Ligornetto , Tremona , Brunate and Clivio.
• Michelangelo Molinari (* 1839 in Clivio; † 1899 there), son of Abbondio, mayor of Clivio 1875–1890, sculptor; his works are in Lyon , Palais de la bourse , Palais de la préfecture ; Turin , Albergo Liguria; Belgirate , Villa Prestinoni; Lugano , Monumento Anderlini; Bellinzona , Monumento Colombo; Arcore , Monumento Giuliani; Varese , Palazzo Estense; Lucerne ; Clivio and Brusino Arsizio .
• Lorenzo Marazzi (born May 15, 1887 in Clivio; † May 5, 1953 in Signau ), naturalized building contractor in 1917 in Signau (Switzerland).
• Gianni Santuccio (born May 21, 1911 in Clivio, † September 29, 1989 in Milan), stage actor, theater director
• Ivan Santaromita (* 1984), racing cyclist

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 210.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Clivio Online in Italian.
• Christoph Zürcher: Lorenz Marazzi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 20, 2008 , accessed March 11, 2020 .

Web links

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

• Historical development of the parish of Clivio and the parish of Santi Pietro e Paolo (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 17, 2015.
• Clivio (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
• Clivio (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
• Clivio (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va
• Ticinoin photo: Parish church on www.flickr.com
• Ticinoin photo: Sundial on www.flickr.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Carlo Francesco Buzzi. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. Retrieved March 10, 2016 (2012/2015). 
3. ^ Giuseppe Antonio Albuzzi. In: Sikart , accessed February 22, 2016.
4. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Giuseppe Antonio Albuzio. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. Retrieved February 22, 2016 (2013/2015). 
5. ↑ Stefano Albuzzi's works (Italian) on virgilio.it/fercova
6. ↑ Antonio Monzinis works (Italian) on virgilio.it/fercova
7. ↑ Michelangelo Molinari's works (Italian) on virgilio.it/fercova
8. ^ Christoph Zürcher: Marazzi, Lorenz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2008 .