Moltrasio

Moltrasio
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Como  (CO)
Coordinates	45 ° 52 ′  N , 9 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  E
height	247  m slm
surface	8.9 km²
Residents	1,596 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	179 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	22010
prefix	031
ISTAT number	013152
Popular name	Moltrasini
Patron saint	Martin of Tours ( November 11th ) and Agatha of Catania ( February 5th )
Website	Moltrasio

Moltrasio municipality in the province of Como

Moltrasio

Moltrasio (1940)

Moltrasio is an Italian municipality on Lake Como with 1596 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Como .

geography

The municipality is located 8 kilometers northwest of the city of Como , 9 kilometers from the Swiss border and 50 kilometers from Milan on the important trade route, the Via Regina, which connects Northern Europe with Italy via the Splügen Pass and the Malojapass . The municipality includes the following fractions: Borgo , Carisciano , Casarico , Creolino , Luscesino , Roiano , Somaino , Tosnacco , Vergonzano , Vighinzano , Vignola , Casarevolo .

Neighboring communities are Blevio , Breggia (CH-TI), Carate Urio , Cernobbio , Schignano and Torno .

Today the place is primarily a meeting place for the Milanese society.

Attractions

The townscape is characterized by medieval houses (borgo) and magnificent villas, which are built from the shore of the lake rising steeply to the mountain slope of Monte Bisbino . Above the village are the ancient Niasc quarries "cave di pietra moltrasina", from which the famous Italian natural stone was cut.

Vincenzo Bellini's memorial plaque

The most important building of Moltrasio is next to the restored Villa Passalaqua (18th century)

• the Romanesque church of Sant'Agata (11th century)
• the parish church of Santi Martino and Agata (16th century).
• the oratory of San Rocco (16th century)
• the Villa Fasola (late 19th century)

Personalities

• Giuseppe Bianchi (* around 1560 in Moltrasio; † after 1606 there?), Plasterer. In 1595 he created stucco work in the pilgrimage church of Madonna di Tirano in Tirano ; 1599 and 1610 stucco in Como Cathedral ; In 1609 he was appointed cathedral architect in Como.
• Giuseppe Bianchi (* around 1600 in Moltrasio; † after 1676 there), son of Giovanni Battista, plasterer. He worked in the church of SS. Gusmeo e Matteo in Gravedona on Lake Como: L'interno è impreziosito da statue e stucchi policromi ; and in the church of SS. Eusebio e Vittore in Peglio (Lombardy) via Gravedona.
• Recchi family of artists
  • Giovanni Paolo Recchi (* 1605 in Borgovico ; † 1686 ibid), from Moltrasio, brother of Giovanni Battista, painter, he created fresco cycles in the Palazzo Reale (Turin) and in the Castello del Valentino in Turin .
  • Giovanni Battista Recchi (* 1607 in Moltrasio; † around 1680 ibid), brother of Giovanni Paolo, painter. Disciple of Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli, known as Morazzone . In his studio in Turin, Recchi mainly created historical scenes.
  • Giovanni Antonio Recchi (* 1625 in Moltrasio, † around 1695 in Turin?), Nephew of Giovanni Paolo, painter. Employed by his two uncles in Turin.
• Vincenzo Bellini (born November 3, 1801 in Catania , † September 23, 1835 in Puteaux near Paris ), opera composer lived in Moltrasio in (Villa Scalvi).
• Winston Churchill (born November 30, 1874 in Woodstock (Oxfordshire) , † January 24, 1965 in London ), most important British statesman was, a frequent guest in (Villa Le Rose) in Moltrasio.
• Antonio Leopoldo Basso , brother of Lelio , lecturer, writer.
• Virgilio Ranzato (born May 7, 1883 in Venice , † April 20, 1937 in Como ), musician, composer.
• Clemente Rebora (born January 6, 1885 in Milan - † November 1, 1957 in Stresa ), Catholic priest, poet, translator,
• Delio Tessa , writer.
• Gianni Versace (born December 2, 1946 in Reggio Calabria , † July 15, 1997 in Miami Beach ), fashion designer, founder of the fashion company Versace. His summer residence was in Moltrasio (Villa La Fontanella).

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 285.
• Gilda Grigioni della Torre: Ville storiche sul Lago di Como. Ivrea 2001.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Moltrasio Online
• Enzo Pifferi: Ville e giardini del Lago di Como. Como 2005.
• Andrea Spiriti, Maria Cristina Terzaghi, Giovanna Virgilio: Da Cernobbio alla Valle Intelvi. Como 1997.

photos

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Web links

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

• Moltrasio on lombardiabeniculturali.it/architetture.
• Moltrasio in lombardia.indettaglio.it (Italian). Retrieved January 9, 2016.
• Moltrasio on tuttitalia.it/lombardia.
• Moltrasio on comuni-italiani.it/013/011.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Villa Passalaqua (photo)
3. ↑ Romanesque Church of Sant'Agata (photo)
4. ↑ Parish Church of Santi Martino and Agata (photo)
5. ↑ Oratory of San Rocco (photo)
6. ↑ Villa Fasola (photo)
7. ↑ Bianchi, Giuseppe . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 583 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
8. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Giuseppe Bianchi. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2017, accessed September 9, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Giuseppe Bianchi. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2017, accessed September 9, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Giovanni Paolo Recchi (Italian) on treccani.it/enciclopedia (accessed on July 21, 2017).
11. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Giovanni Paolo Recchi. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2016, accessed July 20, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Giovanni Battista Recchi. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2016, accessed July 20, 2017 . 
13. ^ Anna Maria Brizio: L'opera dei Recchi in Piemonte. In: Arte lombarda. II, 1956, pages 122-131.
14. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Giovanni Antonio Recchi. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2016, accessed July 20, 2017 .