Gorduno

Gorduno
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Ticino (TI)
District :	Bellinzona district
Circle :	Bellinzona district
Municipality :	Bellinzona
Postal code :	6518
former BFS no. :	5007
Coordinates :	723000  /  119617 coordinates: 46 ° 13 '0 "  N , 9 ° 1' 58"  O ; CH1903:  723000  /  119617
Height :	281  m above sea level M.
Area :	9.2  km²
Residents:	817 (December 31, 2016)
Population density :	89 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.bellinzona.ch
Gorduno, photographed from the Zurich-Bellinzona express train
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Parish before the merger on April 1, 2017

Gorduno in 1953

Gorduno ( Lombard Gurdügn [gurˈdyŋ] ) is a district of the municipality of Bellinzona in the Swiss canton of Ticino . Until April 1, 2017, it formed an independent political municipality .

geography

The village is located on the right bank of the Ticino River and 2 km north of the center of Bellinzona.

history

The name was first documented in 1182 as de Gurduno . Its linguistic significance is unclear.

The area was already populated in prehistoric times. Roman graves were discovered in 1924 .

In the Middle Ages, the village is first attested in 1182 as medius locus de Gorduno , in connection with a dispute between Como and the Church of Milan . The barons of Sax built a castle in Gorduno that was supposed to secure their conquests in the Bellinzona area. Gorduno has been a parish independent of Bellinzona since 1583.

On April 2, 2017, Gorduno joined the municipality of Bellinzona at the same time as the municipalities of Camorino , Claro , Giubiasco , Gnosca , Gudo , Moleno , Monte Carasso , Pianezzo , Preonzo , Sant'Antonio and Sementina .

population

Population development
year	1591	1698	1784	1801	1850	1900	1920	1950	2000	2010	2016
Residents	400	362	300	262	299	426	430	467	621	727	817

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Bellinzona

• Parish Church of Santi Rocco e Sebastiano
• Church of Santi Carpoforo e Maurizio with frescoes
• Castle ruins on the San Carpoforo hill
• old stone bridge.

music

• Societä Filarmonica Gorduno on febati.ch
• Sciüruband

Sports

• Associazione Sportiva Gorduno
• Raggruppamento GOAL
• Sci & Snow board Gorduno

literature

• Giuseppe Chiesi: Gorduno. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 5, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
• Virgilio Gilardoni : Inventario delle cose d'arte e di antichità. Edizioni dello Stato. Bellinzona 1955, pp. 210-214; the same: Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 301, 363, 368-369.
• Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 55-56.
• Celestino Trezzini : Gorduno. In: Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland , Volume 3: Giovanoli - Grasset. Attinger, Neuenburg 1926, p. 604 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

• Gorduno on the ETHorama platform
• Official website of the municipality of Bellinzona
• Data from the municipality of Bellinzona
• Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Bellinzona
• Gorduno: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
• Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Gorduno
• Gorduno on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 397.
2. ↑ Aldo Crivelli : Recupero della suppellettile delle tombe di Gorduno. In: Rivista Storica Ticinese 9, 1946, p. 1220.
3. ^ Giuseppe Chiesi: Gorduno. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 5, 2017 , accessed February 4, 2020 .
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 55-56.
5. ↑ Societa Filarmonica Gorduno
6. ↑ Sciüruband
7. ↑ Associazione Sportiva Gorduno ( Memento of the original from June 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ^ Raggruppamento GOAL
9. ^ Sci & Snowboard Gorduno