Fescoggia

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Lugano district

Circle :

Breno County

Municipality :

Alto Malcantone

Postal code :

6938

former BFS no. :

5145

Coordinates :

711 327 / 99 784 coordinates: 46 ° 2 '26 " N , 8 ° 52' 36" O ; CH1903: 711,327 / 99784

Height :

840 m above sea level M.

Area :

2.5 km²

Residents:

88 (December 31, 2002)

Population density :

35 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.altomalcantone.ch

map

Parish before the merger on March 13, 2005

Fescoggia ( Fescògia in Ticino dialect) is a district of the Ticino community Alto Malcantone in Malcantone .

geography

The village is located in the Val Magliasina between Breno and Vezio , on a terrace (837 m above sea level) below Monte Torri.

History and economy

The village is first mentioned as Foschagiora in the 11th century; other early mentions are Fiscoza (1250); Fescozia and Fiscozia (both 1296) and Fischozia (1467). According to a document from 1296, Fescoggia was, besides Agnuzzo, the only village in southern Ticino that was wholly owned by the cathedral chapter of Como . The tithe right was owned by the monastery of Sant'Abbondio in Como, which sold this right to the Vicinia (neighborhood) Breno in 1579.

Agriculture was always dominant, but iron ore was also mined and smelted on Monte Torri in the 19th century . In 2000, more than four fifths of the employed people living in the former municipality were commuters.

Fescoggia merged on March 13, 2005 with the former municipalities of Breno , Arosio , Mugena and Vezio to form the new municipality of Alto Malcantone.

population

Population development
year	1801	1850	1900	1950	1980	1990	2000	2002
Residents	131	177	149	83	72	105	88	88

Attractions

House in Fescoggia

Oratory of San Silvestro
Former parish hall
Casa Boschetti

Personalities

Alberto Lucchini (* 1906 in Fescoggia; † after 1955 there), high school teacher in Lugano, author, dialect poet
Domenico Negri (born August 21, 1838 in Fescoggia, † January 2, 1899 there), painter, portraitist
Domenico Negri (* 19th century in Fescoggia), painter in Turin and Chicago
Santino Negri (* 19th century Fescoggia), plasterer, including in Mendrisio and in Turin working

literature

Virgilio Chiesa : Fescoggia. In: Lineamenti storici del Malcantone. Gaggini-Bizzozero, Lugano 1961 (2nd edition 2002).
Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Fescoggia. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 9, 2017 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
Virgilio Gilardoni : Fescoggia. In: Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 324, 328.
Plinio Grossi: Fescoggia. In: Il Malcantone. In: Guida Galli-Tamburini. 2nd edition, Fontana Print Società Anonima, Pregassona 1984, pp. 75-76, 142, 147.
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Fescoggia. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History . Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 387.
Giovanni Maria Staffieri : Fescoggia. In: Malcantone. Testimonianze culturali nei comuni malcantonesi. Lugano-Agno 1985, pp. 67, 70-71, 75.
Celestino Trezzini : Fescoggia. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 8: Supplement. Attinger, Neuenburg 1934, p. 60 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Fescoggia. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 15th December 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Swiss Society for Swiss Art History. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 387.
↑ E quel'aqua in Lumbardia. Poeti dialettali ticinesi, Edizione del Cantonetto, Lugano 1957, p. 77.
↑ Alberto Lucchini. In: Virgilio Chiesa: Lineamenti storici… 2002, p. 262.
↑ Domenico Negri. In: Sikart , accessed January 18, 2016.
↑ Domenico Negri. In: Virgilio Chiesa: Lineamenti storici. P. 204.
↑ Santino Negri. In: Virgilio Chiesa: Lineamenti storici del Malcantone. Gaggini-Bizzozero, Curio 2002, p. 204.

[1] Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Fescoggia. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 15th December 2016 .

[Martinoli-2] Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Swiss Society for Swiss Art History. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 387.

[3] E quel'aqua in Lumbardia. Poeti dialettali ticinesi, Edizione del Cantonetto, Lugano 1957, p. 77.

[4] Alberto Lucchini. In: Virgilio Chiesa: Lineamenti storici… 2002, p. 262.

[5] Domenico Negri. In: Sikart , accessed January 18, 2016.

[6] Domenico Negri. In: Virgilio Chiesa: Lineamenti storici. P. 204.

[7] Santino Negri. In: Virgilio Chiesa: Lineamenti storici del Malcantone. Gaggini-Bizzozero, Curio 2002, p. 204.