Insone

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Lugano district

Circle :

Lugano north

Municipality :

Lugano

Postal code :

6951

Coordinates :

723 072 / 105099 coordinates: 46 ° 5 '10 " N , 9 ° 1' 47" O ; CH1903: 723072 / 105099

Height :

892 m above sea level M.

Website:

www.lugano.ch

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Parish before the 1956 merger

Insone village

Until 1955, Insone was a political municipality in the district of Lugano , Canton Ticino , in Switzerland.

geography

The village is at 879 m above sea level. M. in the upper Val Colla , at the southern foot of the 2116 m above sea level. M. high Gazzirola. The pass San Lucio (1541 m above sea level) leads from here to the Italian municipality of Cavargna .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1591 as Aijson and Ansone . At this time Insone had 16 households and already owned the St. Rochus Chapel.

Community merger

In 1956 Insone merged with the municipalities of Colla , Piandera , Scareglia and Signôra to form the new municipality of Valcolla .

Local civil parish

Board member since April 26, 2009

President: Alberto Rossini
Vice President: Renato Gianini
Members: Enrico Canonica, Remo Canonica, Fabrizio Rossini
Deputy: Piergiorgio Rossini, Davide Gamba
Secretary: Cristiane Golliard

Attractions

Oratory of San Rocco, mentioned as early as 1511.

literature

Maurizio Cattaneo, Alberto Gandolla: Valcolla. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 18, 2017 , accessed January 7, 2020 .
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Val Colla. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, page 382.
Celestino Trezzini : Insone. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 4, Hoescheller - Jestetten. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1927, pp. 355, 356 ( digitized version ).

Web link

Insone on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

^ 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 , p. 382.

[1] 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 , p. 382.