Mogno

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Vallemaggia district

Circle :

Lavizzara district

Municipality :

Lavizzara

Postal code :

6695

Coordinates :

694 147 / 142933 coordinates: 46 ° 25 '52 " N , 8 ° 39' 49" O ; CH1903: six hundred and ninety-four thousand one hundred and forty-seven / 142933

Height :

1180 m above sea level M.

Website:

www.lavizzara.ch

map

View of Mogno

Mogno with Church of San Giovanni Battista

San Giovanni Battista Church interior

Mogno is a village in the municipality of Lavizzara in the district of Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland . Until 1936 Mogno was an independent political municipality . The place is known nationwide for the church of San Giovanni Battista , which was designed by the Ticino architect Mario Botta .

geography

Mogno is 1180 m above sea level. M. on the left side of the Val Lavizzara through which the Maggia flows .

history

The place was inhabited all year round until the 18th century and has served as a mountain hut ever since . In 1936 Mogno, until then the property of the municipalities of Fusio , Peccia and Prato-Sornico , was assigned to the municipality of Fusio, which in 2004 became part of the municipality of Lavizzara.

On April 25, 1986, the old church, built in 1636, and a dozen houses in the village were destroyed by an avalanche. At this time there were no residents in the place, so no one was harmed.

In recent years, due to the growing tourism, several houses have been renovated and expanded, some of which are now inhabited all year round. However, there is still no tourist infrastructure with hotels, restaurants or shops.

Culture and sights

Attractions

New construction of the church of San Giovanni Battista from 1997 with a cylindrical shape, made of the Cristallina marble of the upper Valle di Peccia and gneiss from the Valle Maggia with a roof made of iron and glass.
Cylindrical ossuary
Various farmhouses
Old watermill
Old raised granary.

literature

Giovanni Bianconi : Vallemaggia. Edizioni LEMA, Agno 1969.
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 266-267.
Laura Patocchi-Doubt: L'inverno delle valanghe. in «Azione» number 3, January 17th 2011.
Jean Petit (ed.): Project for a church in Mogno. Fidia Edizioni d'Arte, Lugano 1993.
Daniela Pauli Falconi: Fusio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 17, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
Martino Signorelli: Storia della Valmaggia. Tipografia Stazione SA, Locarno 1972, pp. 115, 257, 290, 325, 342, 377, 407.
Celestino Trezzini : Mogno. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5, Maillard - Monod. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, p. 127 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Mogno - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Mogno on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 262, 266, 267.
↑ Church of San Giovanni Battista (photo)
↑ Cylindrical ossuary (photo)
↑ farmhouse (photo)
↑ Old watermill (photo)
↑ Old raised granary (photo)

[Martinoli-1] A ^b ^c Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 262, 266, 267.

[2] Church of San Giovanni Battista (photo)

[3] Cylindrical ossuary (photo)

[4] rmhouse (photo)

[5] Old watermill (photo)

[6] Old raised granary (photo)