Corzoneso

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Corzoneso
Corzoneso coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Blenio districtw
Circle : Acquarossa district
BFS no. : 5048i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 6722 Corzoneso
Coordinates : 714 907  /  144934 coordinates: 46 ° 26 '45 "  N , 8 ° 56' 3"  O ; CH1903:  714907  /  144934
Height : 715  m above sea level M.
Height range : 408–2842 m above sea level M.
Area : 61.78  km²
Residents: 1808 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 29 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.acquarossa.ch
At the church of Santi Nazario e Celso

At the church of Santi Nazario e Celso
Location of the municipality
Corzoneso (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on April 4, 2004
Church of Santi Nazario e Celso
Outside chapel of the parish church with fresco (15th century)
San Remigio Church
Frescoes of the Church of San Remigio

Corzoneso ( Lombard Curzönas [kurˈdzønaz] ) is a village in the political municipality of Acquarossa, formed in 2004, in the Swiss canton of Ticino . Before that, it formed an independent community.

geography

Corzonesco is located in the middle of the Blenio Valley , on the western side of the valley, at the foot of the 2417 m high Pizzo Erra . The terraced fractions of Corzoneso (711 m above sea level), Casserio (778 m) and Cumiasca (838 m), as well as the more densely populated area of the Corzoneso Piano (499 m above sea level ) on the banks of the Brenno belonged to the former municipality . M.) with the factions Boscero, Scaradra, Roccabella, Pozzo and Stallazza. Corzonesco Piano has grown together with the Comprovasco fraction, which formerly belonged to Leontica, and the former Acquarossa district on the opposite bank of the river to form the core of the newly founded municipality of Acquarossa.

history

The village is first mentioned in a document in 1210 as a Cursonexe . The place name possibly goes back to a Latin personal name. A folk etymological explanation is that Corzoneso is an abbreviation of «cuore della zona» and refers to the central location of the former municipality in the Blenio valley.

A pilgrim hospice of the humiliates is attested for the year 1270 . The parish church of Santi Nazaro e Celso dates back to 1211, but its current form dates from 1671. The church of San Remigio in Corzoneso Piano dates back to 1249. Other historical buildings are the Casa Rotonda, a former boys 'school and later poor house of the unrecognized photography pioneer Roberto Donetta , the construction of which was donated in 1818 by the Milanese clergyman Giuseppe Donetti, who came from Corzoneso , and the former girls' school Casa Communale from 1855. The former holiday pension Ristorante Alpino, a multi-storey building towering over the village was built in 1865 on behalf of the Bozzini brothers, who had become wealthy in England and Australia . Even before France and Belgium, England was the most popular destination for the semi-annual emigration of men, who mostly found work in the hospitality industry or started their own chestnut sellers.

The Brenno River regularly overflowed its banks, bringing death and destruction. On September 27, 1868, heavy rains caused floods in several regions of Switzerland, which hit Ticino particularly hard. 55 people died here in floods and landslides, 20 of them in Corzoneso alone, and three girls drowned down the valley in Malvaglia . In the years 1897, 1914 and 1927 further flood disasters occurred. They fueled definitive emigration, which, along with seasonal emigration, intensified in the early 20th century. The main target countries were Australia and the USA.

In 1908 a road connection to the main road at Rocabella in the valley floor was opened. A car service operated with a Chevrolet from 1911 to 1933 brought a connection to the railway line of the Biasca-Acquarossa Railway . Previously, access to Corzoneso was only possible via a stony mule track that still exists today . Since 1964 there has also been a road to Leontica. In the Casserio fraction, which is in a good, sunny position above the valley, there were numerous harps several meters high (Italian: rascane ) that were used for the post-ripening of grain shells until the end of the 1940s . Because of the alpine climate, the grain could not mature naturally. The wooden poles were later dismantled, and they were still in Madra until the 1970s .

On April 4, 2004, Corzoneso merged after a consultative vote with Castro , Dongio , Largario , Leontica , Lottigna , Marolta , Ponto Valentino and Prugiasco to form the new municipality of Acquarossa .

population

Population development
year 1836 1860 1880 1900 1920 1941 1960 1980 2000
Residents 434 309 283 275 331 311 375 415 506

Attractions

  • Parish church of Santi Nazario e Celso from 1671. In the sacristy are the paintings Il Battista nel deserto and San Giuseppe col Bambino by the painter Lorenzo Peretti from Buttogno and outside chapel with a fresco Madonna and Child and Saints Sebastian and Rochus (15th century)
  • Casa Comunale from 1855 (renovated in 1966)
  • Church of San Remigio in the Corzoneso Piano district, with frescoes from the 13th to 15th centuries. century
  • San Martino Viduale monastery ruins in the Corzoneso Piano district
  • medieval tower house in the district of Lorenzànes
  • Residential house in Cumiasca with fresco Deposizione by the painter Lorenzo Peretti
  • Residential house in the district of Scaradra with a fresco Madonna dei sette dolori by the painter Lorenzo Peretti
  • Casa Rotonda in the district of Casserio, former school and home of the photographer Roberto Donetta
  • Oratory of San Giuseppe in the district of Casserio with the frescoes Natività della Madonna and San Gaetano con la Vergine by the painter Lorenzo Peretti (1800)

Culture

  • Associazione Amici dell'Archivio Donetta
  • Associazione ABBA, association for development cooperation

Personalities

  • Atanasio Donetti (May 4, 1806 in Corzoneso; † February 3, 1880 in Olivone ), priest and head of the Pio Istituto in Olivone
  • Antonio Arcioni (1811-1859), general and politician
  • Giovanni Arcioni (born March 2, 1827 in Corzoneso, † December 15, 1898 ibid), gold prospector in Australia
  • Roberto Donetta (1865–1932), photographer
  • Dionigi Cesare Raffaele Sorgesa (born May 25, 1869 in Corzoneso, † May 29, 1900 in Nice ), sculptor, painter
  • Attilio Balmelli (born December 5, 1887 in Barbengo , † March 19, 1971 in Corzoneso), painter, restorer
  • Battista (Titta) Ratti (born February 25, 1896 in Milan , † January 31, 1992 in Corzoneso), sculptor, painter
  • Pier Giovanni Gandolfi (* 1939 in Corzoneso), biologist

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 267.
  3. ↑ a b c d e Luca Solari: Blenio: una valle a confronto . Salvioni arti grafiche, Bellinzona 1998, ISBN 88-7967-023-9 , p. 26, 58 f., 74-79 .
  4. ^ Sonia Fiorini: Corzoneso. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 15th December 2016 .
  5. ^ Raffaello Ceschi: Ottocento Ticinese . 1st edition. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1986, p. 94 .
  6. ^ Annemarie Egloff-Bodmer: Valle di Blenio . Federation of Swiss Girl Scouts, Bern, p. 4 (published approx. 1970, 30 pages (German / French / Italian / English)).
  7. ^ Sonia Fiorini: Corzoneso. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 15th December 2016 .
  8. ↑ Lorenzo Peretti (Italian) on icandreatestore.it/webspace/risorseterritoriali
  9. ↑ a b c d e f Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Bellinzona 2007, pp. 91-93, 99-100.
  10. ↑ Parish Church of Santi Nazario e Celso (photo)
  11. ^ Church of San Remigio
  12. ^ Monastery ruins
  13. ^ Associazione Amici dell'Archivio Donetta
  14. ^ Associazione. Retrieved July 12, 2018 (Italian).
  15. ↑ Chiara Orelli: Atanasio Donetti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 2, 2004 , accessed January 30, 2020 .
  16. ^ Jean-Jacques Marchand: Arcioni, Giovanni. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 5, 2001 .
  17. ↑ Dionigi Sorgesa. In: Sikart , accessed January 30, 2016.
  18. ↑ Attilio Balmelli. In: Sikart
  19. ^ Battista (Titta) Ratti. In: Sikart
  20. ↑ Pier Giovanni Gandolfi in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 5, 2016.)