Daro TI

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Daro
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Bellinzona districtw
Circle : Bellinzona district
Municipality : Bellinzonai2
Postal code : 6503
Coordinates : 722.99 thousand  /  117207 coordinates: 46 ° 11 '42 "  N , 9 ° 1' 55"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and twenty-two thousand nine hundred ninety  /  117207
Residents: 1859 (1900)
Website: www.bellinzona.ch
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Map of Daro
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Daro is a fraction of the political community Bellinzona , county Bellinzona , district of Bellinzona , in the Swiss canton of Ticino .

geography

The village is at an altitude of 267  m above sea level. M. on a terrace at the western foot of Monte Arbino and a series of vine-planted slopes, 500 m east of Bellinzona.

history

The village was first mentioned in 1173 under the then name de Dali . Prehistoric graves were discovered here.

Daro was attached to the municipality of Bellinzona in 1907/08, along with Artore and Pedemonte. Ecclesiastically, it forms a parish separate from Bellinzona in 1631.

population

Population development
year 1599 1698 1801 1836 1900
Residents 130 212 295 483 1859

Attractions

  • Parish church of San Quirico first mentioned in 1173.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Giuseppe Chiesi: Daro. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 15, 2005 .
  2. ^ Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 21, 40.