Grosotto

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Grossotto
coat of arms
Grossotto (Italy)
Grossotto
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Sondrio  (SO)
Coordinates 46 ° 17 '  N , 10 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 17 '0 "  N , 10 ° 16' 0"  E
height 590  m slm
surface 53 km²
Residents 1,670 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 32 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 23034
prefix 0342
ISTAT number 014034
Popular name Grosottini
Patron saint Eusebius of Vercelli ( August 2nd )
Website Grosotto
Grosotto municipality in the province of Sondrio
Grosotto

Grosotto is a municipality with 1670 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Sondrio in the Lombardy region and is located in the Upper Valtellina .

geography

The neighboring communities are Grosio , Mazzo di Valtellina , Vervio , Monno and the Swiss communities Brusio and Poschiavo .

Attractions

The place has few sights as it has been looted and burned down many times in its history. The parish church is dedicated to St. Eusebius, next to it there is a chapel dedicated to St. Rocco and an oratory. The Palazzo Omodei was the seat of the Robustelli family, who were wealthy in the area. Their most prominent representative was the knight Giacomo Robustelli , one of the leaders in the Veltliner murder and during the Bündner turmoil temporarily governor of the Valtellina.

In 1487, the community built the Santuario della Beata Vergine delle Grazie to celebrate the sparing of the village by the Graubünden people, which was attributed to a miraculous intervention by Mary. The current building dates from the 18th century.

The Alte Trotte (18th century) and the Osmetti mill, still in operation today, are also strange.

Personalities

  • Giacomo Robustelli (* around 1583 in Grosotto, † around 1646 in Domaso ), military, governor, knight

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 392.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Grosotto Online
  • Grosotto on tuttitalia.it/lombardia

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ Martin Bundi : Giacomo Robustelli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 5, 2012 , accessed February 26, 2020 .