Ligornetto

Ligornetto

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District :	Mendrisio districtw
Circle :	Stabio district
Municipality :	Mendrisioi2
Postal code :	6853
former BFS no. :	5253
Coordinates :	717 483 / 80155 coordinates: 45 ° 51 '46 " N , 8 ° 57' 5" O ; CH1903: seven hundred and seventeen thousand four hundred and eighty-three / 8015545.86283 8.95136 362
Height :	362 m above sea level M.
Area :	2.0 km²
Residents:	1726 (December 31, 2012)
Population density :	863 inhabitants per km²
Website:	mendrisio.ch/quartieri/ligornetto/
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Until April 13, 2013, Ligornetto was a municipality in the Stabio district , in the Mendrisio district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

geography

Aerial photo (1946)

The village is 362 m above sea level. M. and is ten kilometers from Chiasso and is on the Italian border. It has a beautiful scenic location at the foot of the heights of Besazio and Saltrio , with vines and chestnut groves, where various marble quarries are quarried.

history

The village was first mentioned in 789 under the then name Logurno . The village was already inhabited before the beginning of the Roman era, on July 18, 1946, various Roman graves were found there.

Community merger

Since April 14, 2013 Ligornetto has belonged to the municipality and county of Mendrisio .

population

Population development
year	1591	1643	1801	1850	1900	1950	2000	2012	2018
Residents	230	320	543	795	770	855	1408	1726	1810

Ventures

Aleph Film produioni

photos

Church in Ligornetto
Museo Vela in Ligornetto
Museo Vela interior

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 San Lorenzo (1736/1741), architect: Giuseppe Caresana with decorative paintings (1777) by the painter Cipriano Pelli and three wall paintings of the life of Saint Lawrence. Episodes: alms , martyr's death , farewell to Pope Sixtus II by the painter Giovanni Battista Innocenzo Colombo
Oratory of San Giuseppe (16th century)
Vincenzo Vela Museum (1962/1965), architect: Cipriano Ajmetti
Vincenzo Vela house with plaque
Weighing area with a statue of justice by the sculptor Vincenzo Vela
Single-family house (1975/1976), architect: Mario Botta
In the cemetery: Vincenzo Vela's tomb (1893), in the ossuary the statue L'Addolorata by the sculptor Vincenzo Vela
Pessina house with the studio of the sculptor Apollonio Pessina

Sports

Football Club Ligornetto

Personalities

literature

Stefania Bianchi: Ligornetto. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 29, 2016 .
Giuseppe Martinola : Inventario d'arte del Mendrisiotto. Volume I, Edizioni dello Stato, Bellinzona 1975, pp. 209-220.
Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 433–435.
Celestino Trezzini : Ligornetto. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 4, Liebegg - Milan. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1927, p. 686 ( digitized version ).
Marc-Joachim Wasmer: Museo Vela in Ligornetto. Swiss Art Guide GSK, Volume 741/742: Bern 2003, ISBN 3-85782-741-6 .

Web links

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

Website of the municipality of Mendrisio
Data from the municipality of Mendrisio
Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Mendrisio
Quartier Ligornetto on the website of the Municipality of Mendrisio (Italian)
Federal inventory ISOS: Ligornetto (PDF; 1.6 MB)
Ligornetto: inventory of cultural assets in the Canton of Ticino
Ligornetto on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

^ Aldo Crivelli: Tombe preromane a Ligornetto. In: Rivista Storica Ticinese , Anno 9, N. 1-6, Gennaio-Dicembre 1946, Istituto Editoriale Ticinese, Bellinzona 1946, pp. 1221-1222.
↑ Stefania Bianchi: Ligornetto. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 18th January 2017 .
^ Population of Ligornetto at the end of 2018
↑ Aleph Film Producers
↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 433, 434, 435.
↑ Parish Church of San Lorenzo in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: June 6, 2016.)
^ Marc-Joachim Wasmer: Museo Vela in Ligornetto. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 741/742, Series 74). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2004, ISBN 978-3-85782-741-9 .
↑ Vincenzo Vela house
↑ Casa Pessina (museum)
↑ Football Club Ligornetto at football.ch/ftc/Club-FTC.aspx

[1] Aldo Crivelli: Tombe preromane a Ligornetto. In: Rivista Storica Ticinese , Anno 9, N. 1-6, Gennaio-Dicembre 1946, Istituto Editoriale Ticinese, Bellinzona 1946, pp. 1221-1222.

[2] Stefania Bianchi: Ligornetto. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 18th January 2017 .

[3] Population of Ligornetto at the end of 2018

[4] Aleph Film Producers

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

[Martinoli-6] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 433, 434, 435.

[7] Parish Church of San Lorenzo in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: June 6, 2016.)

[8] Marc-Joachim Wasmer: Museo Vela in Ligornetto. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 741/742, Series 74). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2004, ISBN 978-3-85782-741-9 .

[9] Vincenzo Vela house

[10] Casa Pessina (museum)

[11] Football Club Ligornetto at football.ch/ftc/Club-FTC.aspx