Largario

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Blenio district

Circle :

Acquarossa district

Municipality :

Acquarossa

Postal code :

6724

Coordinates :

715 378 / 150269 coordinates: 46 ° 29 '38 " N , 8 ° 56' 30" O ; CH1903: seven hundred fifteen thousand three hundred seventy-eight / 150269

Height :

847 m above sea level M.

Area :

1.25 km²

Residents:

25 (December 31, 2000)

Population density :

20 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.acquarossa.ch

Largario

map

Parish before the merger on April 4, 2004

Largario

Largario ( Lombard Larzei [larˈdzei] ) is a fraction of the political municipality Acquarossa in the Swiss canton of Ticino . It formed an independent community until 2004.

geography

Aerial photo (1953)

The village lies on the right bank of the Brenno and at the foot of the Punta di Larescia (2272 m above sea level); 20 km north of Biasca .

history

The village was first mentioned in documents in 1207 as de Largario . The place name is derived from the Latin larix 'lark'.

In the Middle Ages, Largario and Campo belonged to the neighborhood (village cooperative) Olivone . The three places and later political communities form a common civic community to this day . The Church of San Pietro is first attested in 1283. Largario has formed its own parish since around 1300.

On April 4, 2004, Largario merged with Castro , Corzoneso , Dongio , Leontica , Lottigna , Marolta , Ponto Valentino and Prugiasco to form the newly formed municipality of Acquarossa.

population

Population development
year	1602	1808	1850	1900	1950	2000
Residents	56	74	75	53	36	25th

Civil parish

Patriziato Generale di Olivone, Campo e Largario

Attractions

The village image is classified in the inventory of protected sites in Switzerland (ISOS) as a site of national importance in Switzerland.

Parish Church of Santi Pietro and Paolo
Oratory of San Rocco with fresco Madonna and Child and Saints Rocco and Sebastiano (XVI century) in the interior.

literature

Piero Bianconi : Arte in Blenio. Guida della valle. SA Grassi & Co. Bellinzona-Lugano 1944; the same: Largario. In: Inventario delle cose d'arte e di antichità. Volume I, Le Tre Valli Superiori. SA Grassi & Co, Bellinzona 1948, pp. 99-100.
Sonia Fiorini: Largario. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 9, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Largario. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History . Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007.
Celestino Trezzini : Largario. In: Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland , Volume 4: Krauer - Liebburg. Attinger, Neuenburg 1927, p. 608 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

Acquarossa commune data
Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Acquarossa (Italian)
Largario: Inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
Federal inventory ISOS: Largario (PDF; 810 kB)
Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Acquarossa (Italian)
Largario on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

↑ ^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. 508.
^ Sonia Fiorini: Largario. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 15th December 2016 .
↑ Patriziato Generale di Olivone, Campo e Largario
↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
^ ^A ^b Simona Martinoli and others: 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. 104-105.

[lsg-1] 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. 508.

[2] Sonia Fiorini: Largario. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 15th December 2016 .

[3] Patriziato Generale di Olivone, Campo e Largario

[4] List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.

[Martinoli-5] A ^b Simona Martinoli and others: 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. 104-105.