Novazzano

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Novazzano
Novazzano coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Mendrisio districtw
Circle : Stabio district
BFS no. : 5260i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 6883
UN / LOCODE : CH NOZ
Coordinates : 719 752  /  77883 coordinates: 45 ° 50 '31 "  N , 8 ° 58' 48"  O ; CH1903:  719,752  /  77883
Height : 345  m above sea level M.
Height range : 243-521 m above sea level M.
Area : 5.23  km²
Residents: 2380 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 455 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.novazzano.ch
Treasury of the parish church Quirico e Giulitta

Treasury of the parish church Quirico e Giulitta
Location of the municipality
Luganersee Comer See Italien Bezirk Lugano Balerna Castel San Pietro TI Chiasso Morbio Inferiore Breggia TI Vacallo Coldrerio Mendrisio Riva San Vitale Novazzano StabioMap of Novazzano
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Novazzano
Old trading post

Novazzano is a municipality in the Stabio district , in the Mendrisio district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

geography

The village is 346 m above sea level. M. on the border with Italy , 6 km south of the Mendrisio station on the Bellinzona - Lugano - Chiasso line of the Gotthard Railway . The municipality includes the fractions Brusata , Gaggio , Boscherina , Casate , Canova , Castel di Sotto and Pobia . Neighboring communities are Balerna , Bizzarone (IT-CO), Chiasso, Coldrerio , Mendrisio, Ronago (IT-CO) and Uggiate-Trevano (IT-CO).

history

The village was already inhabited during the Etruscan and Roman times. It was first mentioned in 875 as Nepotiano after a noble family called "De Novezano". The Bishop of Como had basic rights here, which were granted by Heinrich III in 1043 and 1055 . (HRR) have been confirmed. Novazzano was assigned to the County of Seprio in 1170.

population

Population development
year 1591 1723 1801 1850 1900 1950 2000 2010 2012 2014 2016 2017
Residents 450 603 698 1038 1254 1340 2369 2405 2409 2431 2398 2365

Attractions

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

  • Parish church of Santi Quirico e Giulitta (1776/1779), architect: Innocente Regazzoni
  • Oratory dell'Annunciata with frescoes (around 1584) by the painter Giovanni Battista Tarilli
  • Oratory Santissima Trinità in the district of Castel di Sotto (12th or 13th century) with stucco work by the sculptor Agostino Silva
  • Villa Riva with paintings by the painters Antonio Rinaldi and Innocente Chiesa
  • Economic houses (1989/1993), architect: Mario Botta
  • Girotondo retirement home (1992/1997), architect: Mario Botta
  • Frescoed house (early 15th century) by the painter Antonio da Tradate (?)
  • roman macaw (altar)
  • Castle ruins in the Castel di Sotto district.

Culture

  • Associazione degli Amici dell'Atelier Calcografico di Novazzano

Sports

  • Associazione Sportiva Novazzano (football team)

Personalities

literature

  • Tarcisio Bernasconi: Briciole di storia novazzanese. Volume II, Municipio di Novazzano, Novazzano 1991.
  • Stefania Bianchi: Novazzano. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 3, 2008 , accessed December 31, 2019 .
  • Marcello Fagiolo, Giuseppe Bonaccorso (ed.), Studi sui Fontana una dinastia di architetti ticinesi a Roma tra Manierismo e Barocco , Gangemi Editore, Roma 2009, ISBN 9788849216639 .
  • Rinaldo Giambonini, Agostino Robertini, Silvano Toppi: Novazzano. In: Il Comune. Edizioni Giornale del Popolo, Lugano 1971, pp. 225-238.
  • Giuseppe Martinola : Inventario d'arte del Mendrisiotto. Volume I, Edizioni dello Stato, Bellinzona 1975, pp. 406-426.
  • Simona Martinoli u. a .: Novazzano. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007.
  • Johann Rudolf Rahn : I monumenti artistici del medio evo nel Cantone Ticino. Tipo-Litografia di Carlo Salvioni, Bellinzona 1894, 69 (Boscherina), p. 243.
  • Celestino Trezzini : Novazzano. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 6, Neuenschwander - Picot. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, p. 312 ( digitized version ).
  • Renato Zariatti: Briciole di storia novazzanese. Volume I, Consiglio parrocchiale Novazzano, Novazzano 1971.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  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. ↑ Stefania Bianchi: Novazzano. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 7, 2009 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Stefania Bianchi: Novazzano. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 7, 2009 .
  4. ↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 462–464.
  6. ↑ Casa Girotondo. Consorzio retirement home of the communities of Genestrerio, Ligornetto and Novazzano on portal.dnb.de (accessed on: June 21, 2016.)
  7. ^ Associazione degli Amici dell'Atelier Calcografico di Novazzano
  8. ↑ Associazione degli Amici dell'Atelier Calcografico di Novazzano on portal.dnb.de (accessed on: June 21, 2016.)
  9. ^ Associazione Sportiva Novazzano