Coglio
Coglio | ||
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State : | Switzerland | |
Canton : | Ticino (TI) | |
District : | Vallemaggia district | |
Municipality : | Maggia TI | |
Postal code : | 6678 | |
Coordinates : | 696 000 / 124929 | |
Height : | 352 m above sea level M. | |
Area : | 9.55 km² | |
Residents: | 99 (2003) | |
Population density : | 10 inhabitants per km² | |
Website: | www.maggia.ch | |
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Coglio is a former political municipality in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland . The place is on the left side of the Maggia river , about 20 kilometers north of Locarno .
The village is at an altitude of 357 m above sea level. M. and is now part of the municipality of Maggia , which was founded on April 4, 2004 .
history
First mentioned in 1237 as Cono . You can still find many houses from the 17th and 18th centuries. Other evidence of rural culture can also be seen.
Local civil parish
Active local citizen families are Delnotaro and Lafranchi, Guglielmetti and Pezzaglia have been deleted, both emigrated to California .
population
Population development | ||||||||
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year | 1591 | 1719 | 1801 | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2003 |
Residents | 100 | 122 | 94 | 195 | 135 | 73 | 96 | 99 |
Attractions
- Sacred buildings
- Parish church of Madonna del Carmelo (17th century) with frescoes by Giovanni Antonio Vanoni (1886)
- Baroque ossuary (1765) with frescoes
- Other buildings
- Grotto Predagiana (house) with fresco Guglielmo Tell (1933) by the painter Pietro Mazzoni
- Washing plant (17th century)
- Others
- Pattern vineyard
- Two cup stones
Personalities
- Arturo Lafranchi (born June 27, 1914 in Coglio (today Maggia municipality ), † April 25, 2003 in Locarno ), lawyer and notary, Ticino Grand Council , National Council , State Council
literature
- Giovanni Bianconi : Vallemaggia. Edizioni LEMA, Agno 1969.
- Guglielmo Buetti: Note Storiche Religiose delle Chiese e Parrocchie della Pieve di Locarno, (1902), e della Verzasca, Gambarogno, Valle Maggia e Ascona (1906). 2nd edition, Locarno 1969, pp. 394-397.
- Daniela Pauli Falconi: Coglio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 18, 2017 , accessed January 8, 2020 .
- Agostino Robertini et al. a .: Coglio. In: Il Comune. Edizioni Giornale del Popolo, Lugano 1978, pp. 117-128.
- Martino Signorelli: Storia della Valmaggia. Tipografia Stazione SA, Locarno 1972, pp. 42, 53, 63, 121, 151, 184, 228, 251, 325, 327, 371, 430.
- Celestino Trezzini : Coglio. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Cavadini - Daegerlen. Attinger, Neuenburg 1924, p. 599 ( digitized version ).
- Art history
- Piero Bianconi : Coglio. In: Arte in Vallemaggia. Istituto Editoriale Ticinese, Bellinzona 1937, p. 34.
- Virgilio Gilardoni : Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, p. 303.
- Simona Martinoli u. a .: Coglio. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 244, 246.
Web links
Commons : Coglio - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website of the municipality of Maggia
- Data from the municipality of Maggia
- Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Maggia (Italian)
- Coglio: Inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
- Coglio on elexikon.ch
Individual evidence
- ^ Daniela Pauli Falconi: Coglio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 18th January 2017 .
- ^ Repertorio dei nomi di famiglia svizzeri
- ^ Daniela Pauli Falconi: Coglio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 18th January 2017 .
- ↑ Gilardoni, 1967, p. 303.
- ↑ a b c d e f Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History . Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 . Pp. 244, 246.
- ^ Fabrizio Panzera: Arturo Lafranchi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 20, 2006 , accessed March 31, 2020 .