Coglio

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Coglio
Coat of arms of Coglio
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Vallemaggia districtw
Municipality : Maggia TIi2
Postal code : 6678
Coordinates : 696 000  /  124929 coordinates: 46 ° 16 '8 "  N , 8 ° 41' 2"  O ; CH1903:  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
Coglio

Coglio

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Coglio (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on April 4, 2004
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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
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
Others
  • Pattern vineyard
  • Two cup stones

Personalities

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniela Pauli Falconi: Coglio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 18th January 2017 .
  2. ^ Repertorio dei nomi di famiglia svizzeri
  3. ^ Daniela Pauli Falconi: Coglio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 18th January 2017 .
  4. Gilardoni, 1967, p. 303.
  5. 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.
  6. ^ Fabrizio Panzera: Arturo Lafranchi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 20, 2006 , accessed March 31, 2020 .