Lanzada

Lanzada
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Sondrio  (SO)
Local name	Lànsada
Coordinates	46 ° 16 '  N , 9 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 16 '0 "  N , 9 ° 52' 0"  E
height	983  m slm
surface	116.1 km²
Residents	1,300 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	11 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	23020
prefix	0342
ISTAT number	014036
Popular name	Lanzadesi
Patron saint	John the Baptist ( June 24th )
Website	Lanzada

Lanzada municipality in the province of Sondrio

Rifugio Bignami

Bernina Group

Lanzada is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 1300 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Sondrio in Lombardy .

geography

The community is located about eleven kilometers north of Sondrio on Piz Bernina and borders directly on the Swiss canton of Graubünden .

Attractions

• Parish church of San Giovanni Battista, architect Martino Adamo from Carona , with frescoes by Cesare Ligari (1720), two paintings in the sacristy: a crucifixion by Fermo Stella and the Miracolo di San Gregorio Magno (18th century).
• Baroque ossuary (1666).
• Vergine Addolorata Church built in 1754 by Giovan Antonio Cometti from Arogno .

literature

• Silvio Bradanini: Lanzada e le sue chiese nella storia e nell'arte. Mevio Washington, Sondrio 1987.
• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milan 1987, p. 379.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore, Milan 1999 ISBN 88-365-1325-5 Lanzada Online

Web links

Commons : Lanzada  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lanzada on tuttitalia.it/lombardia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Parish Church of San Giovanni Battista on malenco.it/beniculturali/