Croglio-Castelrotto

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Lugano district

Circle :

Sessa district

Municipality :

Croglio

Postal code :

6981

Coordinates :

708 383 / 94436 coordinates: 45 ° 59 '34 " N , 8 ° 50' 15" O ; CH1903: 708383 / 94436

Height :

347 m above sea level M.

Residents:

865 (2000)

Website:

www.croglio.ch

map

Parish before the 1976 merger

Parish Church of San Nazzaro

Castelrotto, grapevine

Oratory of San Bartolomeo

Until 1975, Croglio-Castelrotto was a political municipality in the district of Lugano , Canton Ticino , Switzerland. In 1976 Croglio-Castelrotto merged with the municipality of Biogno-Beride TI to form the new municipality of Croglio .

geography

The village is 345 m above sea level. M. in Malcantone , on the eastern slope of the Tresa valley and two and a half kilometers northwest of the Ponte Tresa TI station on the Lugano- Ponte Tresa line .

history

In the Middle Age, Croglio had the status of a borgo (1335 burgus de Crolio ), probably because it had a defensive function in relation to the neighboring Milanese area. In 1126, almost at the end of the Ten Years' War between Como and Milan (1118–1127), the Milanese troops destroyed Albeleto Castle, which was part of the Como estate. According to tradition, its ruins would have given the name Castelrotto (Castrum Ruptum).

population

Population development
year	1626	1801	1850	1900	1930	1950	2000
Residents	479	614	959	821	581	610	865

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 Nazzaro
Villa Orizzonte
Bordonzotti cemetery chapel
De Matteis house
Vallombrosa house
Museo della grappa

Personalities

Luigi Rossi , lawyer, politician, Ticino State Council .
Giovanni Rossi , doctor, politician, Councilor of State.
Giancarlo Zappa (1928-2010), teacher, founder of the Museo del Malcantone in Curio TI .

literature

Virgilio Chiesa : Croglio. In: Lineamenti storici del Malcantone. Tipografia Gaggini-Bizzozero, Lugano 1961 (2nd edition 2002).
Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Croglio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 12, 2005 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
Laura Damiani Cabrini: Francesco Innocenzo Torriani, pittore di "studio" e "d'invenzione." In: Laura Damiani Cabrini, Anastasia Gilardi (ed.), Francesco e Innocenzo Torriani. Opere e vicende di due artisti del Seicento. Mendrisio, 2006, pp. 65-71, 89.
Rinaldo Giambonini, Agostino Robertini, Silvano Toppi: Croglio. In: Il Comune. Edizioni Giornale del Popolo, Lugano 1971, pp. 99-108.
Plinio Grossi: Croglio. In: Il Malcantone. Guida Galli-Tamburini, 2nd edition, Fontana Print SA, Pregassona 1984, pp. 108-111, 143, 148.
Simona Martinoli and others: Croglio. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 406-408.
Giovanni Maria Staffieri : Croglio. In: Malcantone. Testimonianze culturali nei comuni malcantonesi. Lugano-Agno 1985, pp. 40-45.
Celestino Trezzini : Castelrotto. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2, Brusino_Caux. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1924, p. 516 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

Federal inventory ISOS: Castelrotto
Castelrotto on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

^ Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Croglio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 11, 2004 .
^ Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Croglio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 11, 2004 .
↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Simona Martinoli and others .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 406–408.
↑ Museo della grappa (Italian) at ti.ch/decs/dcsu/ac/osservatorio/operatori-culturali (accessed on March 23, 2017).
↑ Christian Luchessa: Luigi Rossi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 12, 2010 .
^ Franco Celio: Giovanni Rossi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 29, 2010 .
↑ Giancarlo Zappa on www.museodelmalcantone.ch
^ Giancarlo Zappa

[1] Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Croglio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 11, 2004 .

[2] Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Croglio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 11, 2004 .

[3] List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.

[Martinoli-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Simona Martinoli and others .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 406–408.

[5] Museo della grappa (Italian) at ti.ch/decs/dcsu/ac/osservatorio/operatori-culturali (accessed on March 23, 2017).

[6] Christian Luchessa: Luigi Rossi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 12, 2010 .

[7] Franco Celio: Giovanni Rossi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 29, 2010 .

[8] Giancarlo Zappa on www.museodelmalcantone.ch

[9] Giancarlo Zappa