Marolta

Marolta
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Ticino (TI)
District :	Blenio district
Circle :	Acquarossa district
Municipality :	Acquarossa
Postal code :	6723
Coordinates :	713 765  /  148554 coordinates: 46 ° 28 '43 "  N , 8 ° 55' 12"  O ; CH1903:  713765  /  148554
Height :	793  m above sea level M.
Area :	2.83  km²
Residents:	43 ((2000))
Population density :	15 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.acquarossa.ch
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Parish before the merger on April 4, 2004

Marolta (also Lombard ) is a village in the political municipality of Acquarossa, formed in 2004 in the Swiss canton of Ticino . Before that, it formed an independent community.

geography

The village is located in the middle Blenio valley at 793 m above sea level. M., on the eastern slope of Pizzo Molare, 18 kilometers north of Biasca .

history

Marolta is first mentioned in a document in 1205 as Malouta . The origin of the name is uncertain.

In the Middle Ages it belonged with Castro and Ponto Valentino to the neighborhood (vicinia) and to the delivery district (rodaria) Consiglio. The Abbey of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro of Pavia owned land there at the end of the 12th century. Above the village are the remains of a Casa dei Pagani , a cave castle from the 9th-11th centuries. Century, which could have served as a guard, signal house ( high watch ) or refuge castle.

Marolta became federal in the 16th century . The common property of the old neighborhood was divided up in 1895; since 1897 Marolta has been an independent local civil parish. It has been its own parish since 1909.

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

population

Population development
year	1808	1850	1880	1900	1910	1920	1930	1941	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000
Residents	178	136	142	86	102	113	80	90	75	73	53	53	49	43

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Acquarossa

Casa Romagnolo, built by Captain Francesco Romagnolo

Casa dei Pagani from the west

• Parish church of Santi Bartolomeo e Gottardo first mentioned in 1402
• Oratory of Santa Maria Assunta in the district of Traversa, 1663
• Casa Romagnolo '(18th century) The Casa Romagnolo was built between 1683 and 1688 by Captain Francesco Romagnolo, judge of the Castro district. The frescoes on the east, west and partly the main facade were probably painted by Carlo Biucchi in 1745 (date on the chimneys). The funny character of the Biucchi brothers from Castro revolves around the two figures. The naked one says: "I've always fought and always won, looks like I'm painted." The other, dressed like a rich knight, says: "I have always fought and always lost, look how different I am."
• Casa Vescovi
• Schalenstein in the Migiodico district (1167 m above sea level)

Personalities

• Francesco Romagnolo (* around 1640 in Marolta; † after 1688 there), captain, judge of the Castro district, residing in Marolta

• Martinoli family
  • Giovan Battista Martinoli (born June 10, 1821 in Marolta, † May 16, 1889 in Dongio ), primary school teacher in Faido , journalist for the newspaper Il Credente Cattolico, pastor of Tesserete and Ludiano , vicar general of the diocese of Lugano
  • Sebastiano Martinoli (born February 7, 1872 in Dongio, † February 21, 1938 in Lucerne ), politician, public prosecutor and judge
  • Giuseppe Martinoli (February 28, 1903 in Marolta; † December 7, 1994 in Lugano ), priest, bishop of the Diocese of Lugano

• Achille Ferrari (born July 6, 1886 in Marolta, † January 14, 1943 in Minusio ), lecturer in physics and natural sciences

literature

• Piero Bianconi : Marolta. In: Arte in Blenio. Guida della valle. SA Grassi & Co. Bellinzona-Lugano 1944.
• Sonia Fiorini: Marolta. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 9, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
• Virgilio Gilardoni : Marolta. In: Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande, Bellinzona 1967, p. 410.
• Simona Martinoli u. a .: Marolta. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History . Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 85, 89, 90, 103.
• Celestino Trezzini : Marolta. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5: Maillard - Monod. Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, p. 31 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

• Acquarossa commune data
• Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Acquarossa (Italian)
• Marolta: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
• Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Acquarossa (Italian)
• Marolta on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{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. 571 f.
2. ↑ Casa dei Pagani
3. ^ Sonia Fiorini: Marolta. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 9, 2017 .
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} 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 , p. 103.
5. ^ Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, p. 36.
6. ↑ Nathalie Tami: Giovan Battista Martinoli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 22, 2008 , accessed March 17, 2020 .
7. ^ Alberto Lepori, Fabrizio Panzera (ed.): Uomini nostri. Trenta biography di uomini politici. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1989, p. 22.
8. ↑ Nathalie Tami: Martinoli, Sebastiano. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 22, 2008 .
9. ↑ Achille Ferrari (Italian) on stsn.ch/chi-siamo/storia-della-stsn