Mezzovico-Vira

Mezzovico-Vira

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District :	Lugano districtw
Circle :	Circle tavern
BFS no. :	5199i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	6805
UN / LOCODE :	CH MEZ (Mezzovico)
Coordinates :	714 482 / 105 821 coordinates: 46 ° 5 '39 " N , 8 ° 55' 8" O ; CH1903: seven hundred and fourteen thousand four hundred eighty-two / 10582146.09418 8.91896 460
Height :	460 m above sea level M.
Height range :	394–1936 m above sea level M.
Area :	11.13 km²
Residents:	1371 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	123 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.mezzovico-vira.ch
Mezzovico-Vira
Location of the municipality
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Mezzovico with the parish church of Sant'Abbondio in the background

San Mamete Church

San Mamete Church, inside

San Mamete Church, fresco

Oratory of Sant'Ambrogio

Mezzovico-Vira is a municipality in the county tavern , district Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

geography

Aerial photo (1946)

The community lies at 460 m above sea level. M. on the right bank of the Vedeggio river , about 10 kilometers north of Lugano . Neighboring communities are Capriasca and Monteceneri .

history

The place was already settled in pre-Roman times; the two districts were first mentioned in 1335 as Medio Vico and Vira .

On November 25, 2007, the merger of the seven municipalities in the Vedeggio Valley was approved by the voters of five municipalities: Bironico , Camignolo , Medeglia , Rivera and Sigirino should therefore have merged to form the municipality of Monteceneri . Isone and Mezzovico-Vira rejected the merger. As a result, the State Council refrained from asking the Grand Council a compulsory merger of the two negative municipalities. Mezzovico-Vira thus retains its independence, is almost completely enclosed by Monteceneri.

population

Population development
year	1591	1801	1850	1900	1950	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2012	2014	2017
Residents	775	345	465	467	493	526	575	828	914	1174	1297	1334	1356

Attractions

Parish Church of Sant'Abbondio
San Mamete Church and Ossuary, frescoed portal
Oratory of Sant'Ambrogio
Prayer chapel in the district of San Giuseppe
Schalenstein in the Val Cusella district (750 m above sea level)
Shell stone between Carré and Pelasio (602 m above sea level)

Economy and Transport

The Gotthard Railway and the A2 motorway run through the town . Traditional agriculture was based on pasture farming in the Alps and Maiensässen in the surrounding mountains. In the 20th century, however, a few commercial and industrial companies also settled in the valley floor, due to the good traffic situation and the proximity to the Lugano agglomeration.

Personalities

Canepa family
- Giovanni del fu Tamino "de la Canepa" (* around 1450 in Mezzovico; † after April 21, 1498), from Mezzovico, lived in Torricella
- Giovanni Battista Canepa (* 1720 in Mezzovico; † 1798 ibid), plasterer in Bologna : Church of San Michele dei Leprosetti, 1765; Santuario del Ponte delle Lame. Stucco decorations in the churches of San Giovanni Battista, 1760, and Santa Maria della Carità, Sant'Anna chapel, as well as in the Villa Angeletti in Bologna; in the churches of Casaglia , Budrio and Cento (Emilia-Romagna) (San Biagio, Nativity Chapel). Also in the parish church of Mezzovico, 1759–1768.
- Giacomo Vincenzo Canepa (* around 1740 in Mezzovico; † after 1773 there), plasterer in the church of Mezzovico

Mario Fanconi (born July 23, 1912 in Bellinzona ; † June 5, 2013 in Mezzovico-Vira), (place of origin Poschiavo ), painter lived in Mezzovico-Vira

literature

Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, ISBN 978-88-8281-353-6 .
Giuseppe Chiesi, Fernando Zappa: Terre della Carvina. Storia e tradizioni dell'Alto Vedeggio. Armando Dadò, Locarno 1991.
Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Mezzovico-Vira. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 16, 2010 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
Raimondo Locatelli, Adriano Morandi: Alto Vedeggio ieri e oggi: i sette Comuni da Sigirino a Isone. Edizioni Rivista di Lugano, Lugano 2005.
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 277–280.
Fabrizio Panzera (ed.): Piano del Vedeggio. Dalla strada Regina all'Aeroporto. Salvioni, Bellinzona 2008.
Celestino Trezzini : Vira Mezzovico. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5, Vilarzel - Wallimann. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, p. 272.
Edoardo Villata: Luigi Reali nel Canton Ticino. Un'autorecensione. In: Arte & Storia , year 8, number 39, Edizioni Ticino Management SA, Lugano 2008, pp. 76-82 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Mezzovico-Vira - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the municipality of Mezzovico-Vira
Data from the municipality of Mezzovico-Vira
Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Mezzovico-Vira (Italian)
Mezzovico-Vira cultural property inventory of the canton of Ticino
Catalogo ASTI, Mezzovicoo at www3.ti.ch/DECS/dcsu/ac/asti/cff/ (accessed on February 2, 2018).
Infantry works in the tavern and mezzovico ( Memento from August 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on: May 1, 2016.)
Mezzovico on elexikon.ch
Vira on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

↑ 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 .
^ Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Mezzovico-Vira. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 20, 2009 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana , ed. Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 277-280.
↑ San Mamete Church and Ossuary
^ Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, p. 91.
↑ Franco Binda, Locarno 2013, pp. 184-185.
↑ April 21, 1498, letting (Italian) at ti.ch/archivio-pergamene (accessed on January 22, 2017).
↑ Ursula Stevens: Giovanni Battista Canepa. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. Retrieved March 11, 2016 (2012/2016).
↑ Ursula Stevens: Giacomo Vincenzo Canepa. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. Retrieved March 11, 2016 (2012/2016).
↑ Mario Fanconi. In: Sikart
↑ Mario Fanconi career on sohesi.ch/soci/fuct/

[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] Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Mezzovico-Vira. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 20, 2009 .

[Martinoli-3] Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana , ed. Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 277-280.

[4] San Mamete Church and Ossuary

[5] Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, p. 91.

[6] Franco Binda, Locarno 2013, pp. 184-185.

[7] April 21, 1498, letting (Italian) at ti.ch/archivio-pergamene (accessed on January 22, 2017).

[8] Ursula Stevens: Giovanni Battista Canepa. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. Retrieved March 11, 2016 (2012/2016).

[9] Ursula Stevens: Giacomo Vincenzo Canepa. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. Retrieved March 11, 2016 (2012/2016).

[10] Mario Fanconi. In: Sikart

[11] Mario Fanconi career on sohesi.ch/soci/fuct/