Coldrerio

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Coldrerio
Coldrerio coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Mendrisio districtw
Circle : Mendrisio district
Municipality : Coldrerioi2 w1
Postal code : 6877
former BFS no. : 5251
Coordinates : 720 194  /  79114 coordinates: 45 ° 51 '11 "  N , 8 ° 59' 10"  O ; CH1903:  720 194  /  79114
Height : 351  m above sea level M.
Height range : 272-411 m above sea level M.
Area : 2.46  km²
Population density : 1195 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.coldrerio.ch
Coldrerio

Coldrerio

Location of the municipality
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Coldrerio with the Villa Coldrerio fraction is a municipality in the Mendrisio district , in the Mendrisio district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

geography

The village is around ten kilometers from Chiasso and is close to the Swiss-Italian border. The place is best known for the nearby motorway service station on the A 2 and the Zimmerli tailoring shop .

history

The village was first mentioned in 852 under the name of Caledrano . In 1170, Coldrerio and the surrounding villages up to the Tresa were assigned to the county of Seprio on the occasion of the border adjustment between Como and Milan . In 1275 the village formed a parish; a castle is mentioned in the same year. The hamlet of Villa is mentioned as early as 1275.

population

Population development
year 1599 1643 1769 1801 1850 1900 1950 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2014 2019
Residents 350 265 473 535 677 855 1158 1882 2070 2432 2538 2681 2824 2927

Finance and economy

  • Comunità di lavoro Regio Insubrica in the Mezzana district
Torbiera Paü

Attractions

The village image is classified in the inventory of protected sites in Switzerland (ISOS) as a site of national importance in Switzerland.

  • Parish church of San Giorgio e San Vittore (1574/1593) with fresco Apoteosi di San Giorgio (1767) by the painter Alessandro Valdani
  • Church of San Gregorio Magno or Santa Apollonia (1667/1669), architect: Giacomo Beccaria, built on Romanesque foundation walls, with a way of the cross
  • Oratorio della Natività (1674)
  • Trading post (second middle of the 15th century) in the district of Costa di Sopra
  • Palazzo Già Cigalini from the 18th century
  • Villa di Mezzana from the 17th century, cantonal agricultural institute, with park

Sports

  • Associazione Sportiva Coldrerio

Personalities

literature

  • Stefania Bianchi: Coldrerio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 21, 2011 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
  • Virgilio Gilardoni : Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 199, 279, 303-304, 514.
  • Giuseppe Martinola (Ed.): Invito al Mendrisiotto. Lions Club del Mendrisiotto, Bellinzona 1965, pp. 15-17; Idem: Inventario d'Arte del Mendrisiotto. Volume I, Edizioni dello Stato, Bellinzona 1975, pp. 168-199.
  • Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007.
  • Giuseppe and Gabriella Solcà: I 400 anni della parrocchia di Coldrerio e Villa. Coldrerio 1994; Idem: Testimonianze storiche, artistiche e religious della devozione alla Madonna del Carmelo a Villa Coldrerio. Coldrerio 1997; Idem: I Mola di Coldrerio. Coldrerio 2005.
  • Giuseppe and Gabriella Solcà, Fiorenzo Bianchi: I Beccaria di Villa Coldrerio e la chiesa della Natività di Gesù. Coldrerio 2004
  • Celestino Trezzini : Coldrerio. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Cavadini - Daegerlen. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1924, p. 600 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Villa Coldrerio in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: June 4, 2016.)
  2. Stefania Bianchi: Coldrerio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 24, 2005 .
  3. Comunità di lavoro Regio Insubrica
  4. List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
  5. a b c d e f Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 453–454.
  6. Alessandro Valdani. In: Sikart
  7. ^ Associazione Sportiva Coldrerio