List of personalities from Croglio

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This list contains personalities born in Croglio and those who had their sphere of activity in Croglio without having been born there. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities

Carlos Pellegrini
Luigi Rossi
  • Baldassarre and Tommaso da Croglio (* around 1400 in Croglio; † after 1440 there), painters who left frescoes in the choir of the church of Croglio. The two artists finished their work on July 24, 1440
  • Francesco and Giovanni Antonio della Giovanna (* around 1580 in Biogno fraction of the municipality of Croglio; † after 1616 there), sons of Andrea, builders, brickworks in Martinengo
  • Giovanni Domenico della Giovanna (* around 1580 in Biogno fraction of the municipality of Croglio; † after 1616 ibid), son of Andrea, master builder, brickworks in Martinengo
  • Giovanni Antonio della Giovanna (* around 1580 in Biogno fraction of the municipality of Croglio; † after 1616 there), son of Cristoforo, master builder, brickworks in Martinengo
  • Giuseppe Visconti (* 1689 in Castelrotto; † 1750 in Poland  ?), Painter in Kraków and Jasna Góra (Częstochowa)
  • Giovanni Bordonzotti (* 1819 in Castelrotto; † 1904 ibid), engineer planned and directed the construction of the Fogliardi spinning mill in Melano
  • Carlos Pellegrini (1846–1906), President of Argentina
  • Giovanni Marcoli (1856–1914), (place of origin Biogno, fraction of the municipality of Croglio), priest, monsignor, founder of the Patronato Pro Mutis for the education and care of the deaf in Brescia
  • Giovanni Rossi (born December 1, 1861 in Castelrotto (municipality of Croglio), † August 2, 1926 in Piora ), son of Pietro, he attended schools in Mendrisio , the Collegio Baragiola in Riva San Vitale and studied medicine in Geneva from 1879-1892 ; in Castelrotto he worked as a doctor, politician, from 1897–1901 he sat for the liberal-radical party in the Ticino Grand Council; 1909–1926 he was a State Councilor (President 1912, 1915, 1918)
  • Luigi Rossi (1864–1890), lawyer and politician
  • Giuseppe Bordonzotti (born November 3, 1877 in Madonna del Piano (municipality of Croglio), † April 17, 1932 in Lugano ), architect built the Soldati and Gargantini palaces in Lugano, the Hotel Brenscino in Brissago TI , restored the church of Sant'Antonio in Lugano
  • Giovanni Grandi (* around 1890 in Castelrotto; † around 1960 there), (place of origin Breno TI ), justice of the peace of the Sessa district, founder of the Società Pro Malcantone
  • Helmut Horten (1909–1987), German entrepreneur, he lived in Croglio
  • Romeo Grandi (* around 1915 in Castelrotto; † around 1990 ibid.), Secondary school teacher, 1953 President of the Società Pro Malcantone and former director of the Il Malcantone monthly
  • Giancarlo Zappa (1928-2010), teacher, founder of the Museo del Malcantone in Curio TI .
  • Fritz Andina (born August 24, 1905 in Munich , † April 25, 1985 in Locarno ), painter
  • Dina Paltenghi-Gardosi (born April 24, 1915 in Croglio; † June 18, 2005 in Lugano ), secondary school teacher, politician ( FDP The Liberals ), member of the Ticino Grand Councilor in 1971
  • Bernardo Rossi (born November 28, 1928 in Bielefeld ; † January 13, 2012 in Como (town Croglio)), painter, draftsman. eraser
  • Heinrich Bruppbacher (born May 23, 1930 in St. Peter, † August 15, 2010 in Croglio), painter, draftsman and graphic artist
  • Guerino Paltenghi (born May 21, 1935 in Croglio), painter active in Château-d'Oex and Ponte Tresa TI
  • Gian Franco Riboni (born October 26, 1941 in Croglio), painter, architect
  • Gianfranco Berva (born February 23, 1945 in Castelrotto) musician, composer, he studied under Piero Damiani in Lugano, production sound mixer at the Radiotelevisione Svizzera TSI
  • Fabio Andina (born May 20, 1972 in Croglio), writer, poet, film critic

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Celestino Trezzini : Baldassarre and Tommaso da Croglio. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. P. 542 (PDF digitized version , accessed on October 11, 2017)
  2. ^ Francesco and Giovanni Antonio della Giovanna. In: Luigi Brentani : Antichi Maestri d'arte e di scuola delle terre ticinesi. Note and document. I, Tipografia Emo Cavalleri, Como 1937, pp. 168-172.
  3. ^ Giovanni Antonio della Giovanna. In: Luigi Brentani: Antichi Maestri d'arte e di scuola delle terre ticinesi. Note and document. I, Tipografia Emo Cavalleri, Como 1937, pp. 171-172.
  4. ^ Giovanni Antonio della Giovanna. In: Luigi Brentani: Antichi Maestri d'arte e di scuola delle terre ticinesi. Note and document. I, Tipografia Emo Cavalleri, Como 1937, p. 170.
  5. ^ Mariusz Karpowicz, Celeste Zawadzka: Il pittore Giuseppe Visconti da Castelrotto. Società Genealogica della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano 2003 on worldcat.org/title/pittore-giuseppe-visaconti-da-castelrotto
  6. ↑ Giovanni Bordonzotti. In: Virgilio Chiesa : Lineamenti storici ... 2002, p. 211.
  7. ↑ Giovanni Marcoli (Italian) on ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti
  8. ^ Franco Celio: Giovanni Rossi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 1, 2010 , accessed January 17, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Simona Martinoli: Giuseppe Bordonzotti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 30, 2003 , accessed January 17, 2020 .
  10. ^ A b Società Pro Malcantone. In: Virgilio Chiesa: Lineamenti storici ... 2002, p. 240.
  11. ↑ Giancarlo Zappa on www.museodelmalcantone.ch
  12. ^ Fritz Andina. In: Sikart
  13. ↑ Dina Paltenghi-Gardosi (Italian) on archividonneticino.ch (accessed on January 3, 2018.)
  14. ↑ Bernardo Rossi. In: Sikart , accessed January 12, 2016.
  15. ↑ Heinrich Bruppbacher. In: Sikart
  16. ↑ Guerino Paltenghi. In: Sikart , accessed January 13, 2016.
  17. ↑ Gian Franco Riboni. In: Sikart , accessed January 11, 2016.
  18. ↑ Gianfranco Berva (Italian) on ricercamusica.ch/dizionario/ (accessed on: November 1, 2017.)
  19. ↑ Fabio Andina (Italian) on bibliomedia.ch/de/fuer-alle/schweizer-autoren-und-autorinnen/
  20. ↑ Fabio Andina (Italian) on store.rubbettinoeditore.it/media/ (photo)