Madesimo

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Madesimo
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Madesimo (Italy)
Madesimo
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Sondrio  (SO)
Coordinates 46 ° 26 '  N , 9 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 26 '0 "  N , 9 ° 21' 0"  E
height 1550  m slm
surface 85 km²
Residents 533 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 6 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 23024
prefix 0343
ISTAT number 014035
Popular name Madesimini
Patron saint Simon Peter and Paul of Tarsus ( June 29 )
Website Madesimo
Madesimo municipality in the province of Sondrio

Madesimo (pronunciation: / maˈdɛzimo, maˈdezimo /, until the end of 1983 Isolato , Dialetto chiavennasco Madesan ) is an Italian commune with 533 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and a town in the Lombardy region in the province of Sondrio , at the foot of Pizzo Groppera . Madesimo is located on the Splügenpass road , near the border with the Swiss canton of Graubünden in Val San Giacomo on Lago di Montespluga and Lago di Isola .

geography

The municipality includes the fractions of Madesimo , Isola , Montespluga and Pianazzo , where the municipal administration is located. Neighboring communities are Campodolcino , Ferrera (CH-GR), Mesocco (CH-GR), Plurs , Splügen (CH-GR) and Sufers (CH-GR).

history

On April 23, 1946, the body of Benito Mussolini was buried in Madesimo , which had previously been stolen by fascists from the cemetery in Musocco near Milan . In 1957 the body was moved to its final resting place in Predappio .

Sports

The first ski races in the Alps took place in Madesimo at the beginning of the twentieth century. Today the community has a ski area with 48 kilometers of slopes. The highest mountain station in the area is on Pizzo Groppera (2948 m above sea level). In this mountain station, Roger Schawinski set up the first Radio 24 transmission system, out of reach of the Swiss radio supervisory authorities.

  • Madesimo ski area

  • Cardinello Gorge: historic mule track and hiking trail into Val San Giacomo

  • Isola with Lago di Isola, stage on the Via Spluga long-distance hiking trail

economy

Madesimo had its heyday as a holiday resort in the mid-1960s, when the place was experiencing a construction boom. Townspeople, especially from Milan, bought condominiums in apartment buildings or built holiday homes here. Meanwhile, Madesimo has become quieter.

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo, architect Pietro Clerici.
  • Church of San Francesco in the district of Montespluga with painting of San Francesco by Johann Pock.

  • Montespluga with the Lago di Montespluga reservoir

  • Montespluga from the south

  • Splügenstrasse through Montespluga

  • Montespluga 1823

Personalities

The poets Giosuè Carducci and Giovanni Bertacchi spent many years on vacation in Madesimo.

Probably the most famous descendant of Madesimo is Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi . One of his direct ancestors moved from there to Zurich in the 16th century to study and settled there.

  • Giovanni Bertacchi

  • Giosuè Carducci

  • Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Isola at ethorama.library.ethz.ch/de/node
  3. ↑ Giovanni Bertacchi