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Osco
Coat of arms of Osco
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Leventina districtw
Circle : Faido County
Municipality : Faidoi2
Postal code : 6763
former BFS no. : 5075
Coordinates : 703 099  /  150013 coordinates: 46 ° 29 '37 "  N , 8 ° 46' 54"  O ; CH1903:  703,099  /  150013
Height : 1157  m above sea level M.
Area : 11.9  km²
Residents: 127 (December 31, 2011)
Population density : 11 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.osco.ch
Osco

Osco

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Parish before the merger on March 31, 2012
Bottom of the valley: Faido, above: Mairengo and Osco. Center left: Dalpe , above: Ambrì-Piotta airfield . Background from left: Pizzo Centrale , Pizzo Barbarera, Poncione Pro do Rodùc, Pécianett and Pizzo del Sole

Until March 31, 2012, Osco was a political municipality in the Faido district, in the Leventina district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

geography

Aerial photo (1954)

The village is at an altitude of 1161 m above sea level. M. on a beautiful terrace on the slope of Pizzo del Sole (2773 m above sea level); two and a half kilometers away from the Faido station of the Swiss Federal Railways .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1171 as Hoscho and in the Middle Ages one of the three degagne of the neighborhood ( vicinia ) formed Faido and was as such according to the statute (statuti) of 1237 and still formed one of the three degagne in 1864; today it is an independent vicinia.

Merger with Faido

On April 1, 2012, it merged with the municipalities of Anzonico , Calpiogna , Campello , Cavagnago , Chironico and Mairengo to form the existing municipality of Faido .

The village of Osco is located on a sunny terrace on the left slope of the Valle Leventina at 1157 meters on the Strada Alta . In a referendum in March 2004, the citizens of Osco rejected the merger of their municipality with Faido, Cavagnago, Mairengo, Calpiogna, Campello, Rossura , Anzonico, Chiggiogna , Calonico and Sobrio .

The municipality of Osco also included the Vigera, Freggio, Brusgnano and Modrengo fractions, as well as the Predelp and Somprei Mayensasses.

population

Population development
year 1237 1567 1745 1850 1900 1950 2000 2011
Residents 59 fireplaces 78 F. 366 452 285 188 168 127

Attractions

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

Sacred buildings

  • Parish Church of San Maurizio
  • Oratory of San Bernardo, in the Freggio district
  • Oratory of Santa Maria Maddalena, in the district of Vigèra

Civil buildings

  • Osco cemetery
  • Cemetery in Freggio
  • House Ca 'Granda
  • Different typical leventinese apartment buildings.

Personalities

  • Carlo Cioccari (born February 2, 1829 in Milan , † January 12, 1891 in Cairo ), teacher, doctor, editor
  • Angelica Cioccari-Solichon (born February 9, 1827 in Milan, † March 14, 1912 in Lugano ), teacher, author
  • Guido Calgari (19051969), writer, lecturer at the ETH Zurich
  • Plinio Cioccari (born January 25, 1918 in Biasca , † December 5, 2008 in San Nazzaro TI ), politician, general director of the Associazione Bancaria Ticinese

literature

  • Marina Bernasconi Reusser: Monumenti storici e documenti d'archivio. I “Materiali e Documenti Ticinesi” (MDT) quali fonti per la storia e le ricerche sull'architettura e l'arte medievale delle Tre Valli. In: Archivio Storico Ticinese. 2nd series, number 148, Casagrande, Bellinzona 2010, p. 215 Note 54, 217 Note 71, 219, 226, 228, 241.
  • Piero Bianconi , Arminio Janner: Osco. In: Arte in Leventina. Istituto Editoriale Ticinese, Bellinzona 1939, pp. 47, 91; the same (ed.): Osco. In: Inventario delle cose d'arte e di antichità. Le Tre Valli Superiori. Leventina, Blenio, Riviera. Grassi & Co., Bellinzona 1948, pp. 154, 156.
  • Samuel Butler : Alpi e Santuari del Canton Ticino. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1984.
  • Mario Fransioli: Osco. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 16, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
  • Virgilio Gilardoni : Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 327, 401, 402, 471.
  • Simona Martinoli u. a .: Osco. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, p. 135.
  • Johann Rudolf Rahn : I monumenti artistici del medio evo nel Cantone Ticino. Tipo-Litografia di Carlo Salvioni, Bellinzona 1894, p. 244.
  • Celestino Trezzini : Osco. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5, Neuenschwander - Picot. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, p. 360 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mario Fransioli: Osco. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 28, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Mario Fransioli: Osco. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 28, 2016 .
  3. ↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g 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. 135-136.
  5. ↑ Carlo AGLIATI: Carlo Cioccari. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 19, 2004 , accessed March 12, 2020 .
  6. ^ Fabrizio Mena: Angelica Solari-Solichon. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 19, 2004 , accessed March 12, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Plinio Cioccari died on soesi.ch/soci/fuct (accessed April 14, 2017).