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Monte
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Mendrisiow
Municipality : Castel San Pietro TIi2
Postal code : 6875
Coordinates : 723 358  /  82378 coordinates: 45 ° 52 '54 "  N , 9 ° 1' 39"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and twenty-three thousand three hundred fifty-eight  /  82378
Height : 682  m above sea level M.
Area : 2.43  km²
Residents: 92 (December 31, 2000)
Population density : 38 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.castelsanpietro.ch
Monte TI

Monte TI

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Parish before the merger on April 4, 2004
Castel San Pietro
Monte Generoso Kulm

Until April 4, 2004, Monte was a political municipality in the Mendrisio district, in the Mendrisio district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland . Today it is part of the municipality of Castel San Pietro .

geography

The village is a closed settlement on the right side of the Valle di Muggio, since 2004 with Casima and Campora (formerly a fraction of Caneggio ) part of the municipality of Castel San Pietro.

history

The village was first mentioned in 1420 as de Monte. Originally part of the Valle di Muggio valley and then united with Bruzella in terms of territory until 1609 , in the Middle Ages the village was subject to tithing to the Bishop of Como and initially belonged to the mother church of Balerna and was raised to its own parish in 1821.

population

Population development
year 1643 1769 1801 1850 1900 1950 1980> 2000
Residents 185 148 156 169 110 86 43 92

Attractions

The village image is classified in the inventory of protected sites in Switzerland (ISOS) as a site of national importance in Switzerland.

  • Parish church of Sant'Antonio abate, mentioned 1582, with stucco work ( rocaille ) and marble altar (1753) from Arzo
  • Ossuary (17th century) with stucco work (Rocaille)
  • Rectory (17th century), rises (1798)
  • Oratory San Filippo Benizzi, architect: Luigi Folatelli , with painting Madonna and Child (17th century)
  • Binaghi house with stucco Holy Family on the facade
  • Residential house Bulla with stucco Holy Family on the facade

Personalities

  • Agustoni family of artists
    • Family tree of the artist family Agustoni
    • Lazaro Agustoni (* around 1570 in Monte; † May 9, 1642 ibid), architect
    • Domenico Agustoni (* 1606 in Monte, † 1681 in Prague ), foreman in Prague
    • Giacomo Agustoni senior (* 1624 in Monte, † 1701 in Pilsen ), architect
    • Giacomo Agustoni junior (* 1668 in Rome ; † February 3, 1735 in Plzeň), plasterer in Rome, architect
    • Antonio Agustoni (* 1669 in Monte, † 1729 in Copenhagen ), plasterer
    • Pietro Agustoni (* around 1730 in Monte?; † after 1790 in Montecchio  ?), Architect
  • Domenico Bossi (* around 1570 in Monte; † 1644 in Prague) a Swiss architect
  • Santino Bossi (* around 1603 in Monte; † 1673 in Prague), architect

literature

  • Stefania Bianchi: Monte. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 23, 2010 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
  • Giuseppe Martinola : Inventario d'arte del Mendrisiotto. Volume I. Edizioni dello Stato, Bellinzona 1975; Idem: Lettere dai paesi transalpini degli artisti di Meride e dei villaggi vicini. 1963.
  • Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 477-478.
  • Agostino Robertini, Silvano Toppi, Gian Piero Pedrazzi: Monte. In: Il Comune. Edizioni Giornale del popolo, Lugano 1974, pp. 221-238.
  • Celestino Trezzini : Monte. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5: Monopole - Neuenkirch. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, p. 142 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefania Bianchi: Monte. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 27, 2016 .
  2. ↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 477-478.
  4. ↑ Ursula Stevens: artist family Agustoni. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed February 15, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Family tree of the Agustoni family. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed February 14, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Lazaro Agustoni. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed February 14, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Antonio Agustoni. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed February 15, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Giacomo Agustoni senior. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed February 14, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Giacomo Agustoni junior. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed February 14, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Anastasia Gilardi: Pozzi, Carlo Maria. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 16, 2010 .
  11. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Pietro Agustoni. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed February 15, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Domenico Bossi at archive.org/stream (accessed December 14, 2016).
  13. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Santino Bossi. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2016, accessed December 14, 2016 .