Grancia

Grancia
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Ticino (TI)
District :	Lugano district
Circle :	Paradiso district
BFS no. :	5186
Postal code :	6921
Coordinates :	715 445  /  91776 coordinates: 45 ° 58 '4 "  N , 8 ° 55' 41"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and fifteen thousand four hundred forty-five  /  91776
Height :	320  m above sea level M.
Height range :	286-438 m above sea level M.
Area :	0.61  km²
Residents:	492 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	807 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.grancia.ch
The village of Grancia seen from the west with the highway in the foreground
Location of the municipality

Grancia is a municipality in the Paradiso district , in the Lugano district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland . It has been independent since the split from Carabbia in 1825.

geography

Grancia lies in the valley of the Scairolo 5 km south of Lugano and just as far north of Morcote . The west portal of the A2 tunnel to Melide is located immediately south of the settlement area.

history

Grancia was first mentioned in a document as Grancie around 1187 . The monastery of Santa Maria in Torello (in the municipality of Carona ) had a branch chapel or church at the end of the 13th century. In the Middle Ages, large quantities of grain were stored in Grancia, which were delivered from northern Italy and processed in the mills on Scairolo. In 1608 the church of San Carpoforo separated from the parish of San Pietro in Pambio .

population

Population development
year	1670	1850	1900	1950	1980	2000	2010	2012	2014	2016	2017
Residents	115	104	139	142	255	377	463	496	524	526	515

In the village of Grancia

economy

In the 19th century the first industrial company started operations, a brick factory. Since the construction of the A2 motorway in 1966 and with the formation of the industrial zone and the construction of large tank farms towards the end of the 20th century, the community has changed significantly.

Attractions

See also : List of Cultural Assets in Grancia

• Parish Church of San Cristoforo
• In the cemetery, Tomb De Martini and statue of Maria Scala De Martini, La Meditazione by the sculptor Vincenzo Vela
• Statue of Carolina Marchettini Scala by the sculptor Ercole Garbani Nerini .

Personalities

• Carlo Vanelli (* around 1580 in Grancia, † after 1617 in Ivrea ), fortress architect
• Giuseppe Vanelli (* around 1736 in Grancia; † April 29, 1799 in Lugano (murdered)), priest, journalist, publicist, he was considered a revolutionary Jacobin and Cisalpine
• Enrico de Martini (1838–1886), from Grancia, entrepreneur, was entrusted with Castelli and Violini by the city of Milan to build the palaces on the south side of the cathedral square, Ticino Grand Councilor
• Bernardo Ramelli (born June 28, 1873 in Grancia; † October 29, 1930 in Lugano ), Art Nouveau architect
• Battista Ramelli (born December 1, 1896 in Grancia, † October 13, 1921 in Lugano), painter, draftsman

The Church of San Cristoforo in Grancia

Statue La Meditazione by Vincenzo Vela

literature

• Virgilio Gilardoni : Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, p. 369.
• Antonio Gili: Grancia. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 15, 2014 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
• Raimondo Locatelli: Grancia: piccolo tra i grandi. , Edizioni Comune di Grancia, Grancia 2011.
• Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 342-343.
• Bruno Signorelli: La famiglia dei Vanelli. Architetti, scultori, fonditori e costruttori edili operasi nei territori sabaudi fra XVI e XVIII secolo. In: Giorgio Mollisi (ed.), Svizzeri a Torino nella storia, nell'arte, nella cultura, nell'economia dal Cinquecento ad oggi. In: Arte & Storia. Volume 11, number 52, October 2011, Edizioni Ticino Management Lugano, pp. 114–129.
• Celestino Trezzini : Grancia. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 3, Giovanoli - Grasset. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1926, p. 630 ( digitized version ).
• Micaela Viglino Davico: Fortezze alla "moderna" e ingegneri militari del ducato sabaudo. Celid, Torino 2005.

Web links

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

• Official website of the Municipality of Grancia
• Data from the municipality of Grancia
• Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Grancia
• Grancia: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
• Grancia on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ^ Antonio Gili: Grancia. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 15, 2014 .
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} 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. 342–343.
4. ↑ Marino Viganò: “Petrvs Morettinvs Tribvnvs Militvm”, Bellinzona 2007, p. 205.
5. ^ Carlo Agliati: Giuseppe Vanelli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 2018 , accessed February 21, 2020 .
6. ↑ Enrico de Martini at http://biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz (accessed on May 1, 2017).
7. ^ Lara Calderari: Bernardo Ramelli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 9, 2009 , accessed March 19, 2020 .
8. ^ Battista Ramelli. In: Sikart , accessed January 8, 2016.