Dumenza

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Dumenza
coat of arms
Dumenza (Italy)
Dumenza
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Local name Duménsa
Coordinates 46 ° 1 '  N , 8 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 1 '9 "  N , 8 ° 47' 18"  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 municipality in the province of Varese

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

Population development
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

Santuario di Trezzo
Santuario di Trezzo, high altar with fresco
  • 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

Bartolomeo Scappi
Vincenzo Peruggia
  • 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

Web links

Commons : Dumenza  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • 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

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
  3. ↑ Bernardino Luini . In: Alexander Müller, Hermann Singer: General Artist Lexicon . Frankfurt am Main 1921, Volume 3, p. 58, Textarchiv - Internet Archive
  4. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Bernardino Luini. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed February 14, 2016 .
  5. ^ Maria Teresa Fiorio: Bernardino Luini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 25, 2010 .
  6. ^ Gaudenz Freuler: Bernardino Luini. In: Sikart (status: 1998) , accessed February 13, 2016
  7. ↑ Bernardino Luini . In: treccani.it (=  Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani ). No. 66 , 2006 (Italian, treccani.it [accessed November 12, 2016]).
  8. ↑ Aurelio Luini . In: Alexander Müller, Hermann Singer: General Artist Lexicon . Frankfurt am Main 1921, Volume 3, p. 58, Textarchiv - Internet Archive
  9. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Bartolomeo Scappi. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed February 14, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Carlo Terugio. In: Sikart
  11. ^ Francesco Bertoliatti: Vincenzo Peruggia. In Profilo storico di Sessa. Emo Cavalleri, Como-Chiasso 1942, p. 72
  12. ↑ 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 ).
  13. ↑ Raffaele Casnedi in treccani.it
  14. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Raffaele Casnedi. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2016, accessed November 12, 2016 .