Dumenza
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Varese (VA) | |
Local name | Duménsa | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 1 ' N , 8 ° 47' E | |
height | 411 m slm | |
surface | 18.49 km² | |
Residents | 1,490 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 81 inhabitants / km² | |
Factions | Due Cossani, Runo, Stivigliano, Trezzino, Vignone, Torbera | |
Post Code | 21010 | |
prefix | 0332 | |
ISTAT number | 012065 | |
Popular name | dumentini | |
Patron saint | George (saint) ( April 23 ) | |
Website | Dumenza |
Dumenza is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .
geography
The municipality is located about 23 kilometers north-northwest of Varese on the border with the Swiss canton of Ticino and belongs to the Comunità montana Valli del Verbano . It covers an area of 18.49 km² . Dumenza includes the Runo, Stivigliano, Due Cossani, Trezzino, Vignone and Torbera fractions. The Lago Maggiore is located three kilometers west of Dumenza.
It borders on the following municipalities: Agra , Astano (CH-TI), Curiglia con Monteviasco , Luino , Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca , Miglieglia (CH-TI), Monteggio (CH-TI), Novaggio (CH-TI) and Sessa ( CH-TI).
population
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year | 1751 | 1805 | 1853 | 1861 | 1881 | 1901 | 1921 | 1936 | 1961 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2013 | 2017 | 2018 |
Residents | 456 | 1027 | 619 | 1331 | 1450 | 1492 | 1561 | 1376 | 1201 | 1267 | 1325 | 1433 | 1466 | 1491 | 1484 |
Attractions
- San Nazario Church.
- Madonna Immacolata Church (former Ursuline Institute ).
The historic city center of Dumenza is characterized by rural houses with large sunny balconies.
Runo
Here is the parish church of San Giorgio and the cemetery.
Stivigliano
Stivigliano has a medieval structure, with narrow streets and houses leaning against each other. There is an old tower, formerly used for military purposes.
Trezzino
To the east of the district Trezzino is increased to 568 m slm the pilgrimage church Santuario di Trezzo . From here, hiking trails lead to the Monte Clivio ( 739 m slm ) viewing hill southeast of Dumenza and to the Laghetto bathing lake in the neighboring Swiss community of Astano.
Personalities
- Bernardino Luini (* around 1481 in Dumenza, † June 1532 in Milan ), painter
- Aurelio Luini (* around 1525 in Milan, † August 16, 1593 in Milan), son of Bernardino, painter
- Bartolomeo Scappi (* probably after 1500 in Dumenza; † April 13, 1577 there?), A famous Italian chef of the Renaissance
- Carlo Terugio (* around 1620 in Dumenza), plasterer in the church of San Martino by Olivone (1654)
- Vincenzo Peruggia (born October 8, 1881 in Dumenza, † October 8, 1925 in Annemasse , Haute-Savoie ), painter, decorator studied at the drawing school of Sessa TI ; an Italian art thief who stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911
- Raffaele Casnedi (born September 26, 1822 in Runo, fraction of the municipality of Dumenza, † December 29, 1892 in Milan), painter
literature
- Maria Teresa Fiorio: Bernardino Luini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 25, 2010 .
- Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 220.
- Lombardia (esclusa Milano) - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , books.google.ch (Italian).
Web links
- Dumenza (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 18, 2015.
- Dumenza (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
- Dumenza (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
- Dumenza (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va
- Dumenza on tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch
- Bernardino Luini on tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
- ↑ Bernardino Luini . In: Alexander Müller, Hermann Singer: General Artist Lexicon . Frankfurt am Main 1921, Volume 3, p. 58, Textarchiv - Internet Archive
- ↑ Ursula Stevens: Bernardino Luini. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed February 14, 2016 .
- ^ Maria Teresa Fiorio: Bernardino Luini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 25, 2010 .
- ^ Gaudenz Freuler: Bernardino Luini. In: Sikart (status: 1998) , accessed February 13, 2016
- ↑ Bernardino Luini . In: treccani.it (= Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani ). No. 66 , 2006 (Italian, treccani.it [accessed November 12, 2016]).
- ↑ Aurelio Luini . In: Alexander Müller, Hermann Singer: General Artist Lexicon . Frankfurt am Main 1921, Volume 3, p. 58, Textarchiv - Internet Archive
- ↑ Ursula Stevens: Bartolomeo Scappi. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed February 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Carlo Terugio. In: Sikart
- ^ Francesco Bertoliatti: Vincenzo Peruggia. In Profilo storico di Sessa. Emo Cavalleri, Como-Chiasso 1942, p. 72
- ↑ Raffaele Casnedi . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 116 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Raffaele Casnedi in treccani.it
- ↑ Ursula Stevens: Raffaele Casnedi. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2016, accessed November 12, 2016 .