Lumino TI

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TI is the abbreviation for the canton of Ticino in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Luminof .

Lumino
Lumino coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Bellinzona districtw
Circle : Arbedo-Castione district
BFS no. : 5010i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 6533
Coordinates : 725 534  /  121195 coordinates: 46 ° 13 '50 "  N , 9 ° 3' 57"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and twenty-five thousand five hundred and thirty-four  /  121195
Height : 267  m above sea level M.
Height range : 239–2288 m above sea level M.
Area : 10.10  km²
Residents: 1513 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 150 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.lumino.ch
Lumino TI

Lumino TI

Location of the municipality
Lago di Vogorno Lago Maggiore Lago d’Orbello Italien Italien Kanton Graubünden Bezirk Leventina Bezirk Locarno Bezirk Lugano Bezirk Riviera Arbedo-Castione Bellinzona Lumino TI Cadenazzo Isone Kommunanz Cadenazzo/Monteceneri Sant’Antonino TIMap of Lumino
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Lumino
Lumino cable car - Monti Saurù

Lumino is a municipality in the Arbedo-Castione district , in the Bellinzona district in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

geography

Aerial photo (1953)

Lumino is at the entrance of the Misox (it. Val Mesolcina ). Up the valley you come to the San Bernardino Pass . The municipality is almost completely enclosed by the canton of Graubünden. The Moësa flows through it. From Lumino a cable car leads to the Monti Savorù (1000-1300 m). In Lumino there is a stop of the SEFT / Ferrovia Mesolcinese.

history

The village was first mentioned in 1168 as locus Lugomini .

population

Population development
year 1698 1801 1850 1900 1950 1990 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2012 2014 2017
Residents 358 297 522 588 600 1095 1127 1183 1206 1245 1274 1373 1404 1470

Attractions

  • Parish Church of San Mamete mentioned in 1237
  • Oratory of Santa Maria della Visitazione called Cappella nuova , with fresco Visitazione (1603)
  • Oratory Madonna della Salute called di Berté , mentioned 16th century
  • Prayer chapel with fresco
  • Prayer chapel with fresco
  • Prayer chapel with fresco
  • Prayer chapel with fresco
  • Gemetti house with sculpture Madonna and Child and Santi Rocco and Sebastiano (16th century)
  • Building of the municipality (1990/1995), architect: Sergio Cattaneo .

Sports

  • Football Club Moderna

Personalities

  • Werner Carobbio (* 1936), politician (SP), lives in Lumino, father of Marina Carobbio Guscetti
  • Marina Carobbio Guscetti (* 1966), politician (SP), lives in Lumino, daughter of Werner Carobbio
  • Paolo Pronzini (* 1944 in Lumino; † October 9, 2019 ibid), teacher, former mayor of Lumino and principal of the middle school

literature

  • Giuseppe Chiesi: Lumino. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 6, 2009 , accessed December 31, 2019 .
  • Marco de Gottardi: Cenni storici su Lumino Castione e Monticello. Arti Grafiche Bernasconi & Co., Agno 1980.
  • Virgilio Gilardoni : Inventario delle cose d'arte e di antichità. Edizioni dello Stato. Bellinzona 1955, pp. 223-232; Idem: Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, p. 396.
  • Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 17, 60, 61, 62, 491, 513.
  • Johann Rudolf Rahn : I monumenti artistici del medio evo nel Cantone Ticino. Tipo-Litografia di Carlo Salvioni, Bellinzona 1894, p. 194.
  • Celestino Trezzini : Lumino. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 4, Liebegg - Milan. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1927, p. 715 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
  2. ^ Giuseppe Chiesi: Lumino. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 29, 2009 .
  3. ^ De Gottardi, 1980, 277.
  4. a b c d e f g h i Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 61–62.
  5. Borrani, 1896, pp. 273-277.
  6. ^ Football Club Moderna