Olivone

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Olivone
Olivone coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Blenio districtw
Circle : Olivone Circle
Municipality : Blenioi2
Postal code : 6718
former BFS no. : 5043
Coordinates : 715 296  /  154281 coordinates: 46 ° 31 '48 "  N , 8 ° 56' 29"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred fifteen thousand two hundred and ninety-six  /  154281
Height : 902  m above sea level M.
Area : 76.1  km²
Residents: 873 (December 31, 2005)
Population density : 11 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.comuneblenio.ch
Olivone at the foot of the Sosto (2221 m above sea level)

Olivone at the foot of the Sosto
(2221 m above sea level)
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Olivone (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on October 22, 2006
Olivone, historical aerial photo from 1923, taken from a height of 2200 meters by Walter Mittelholzer

Olivone , in alpine Lombard local dialect Rivöi [rivøj] ( Romansh Luorscha ? / I ) is a town and formerly independent municipality in the county Olivone , District Blenio , the Swiss canton of Ticino . Audio file / audio sample

geography

Olivone is located in the upper Blenio Valley . The territory of the former municipality includes the fractions of Scona, Sommascona, Camperio, Acquacalda and the Valle Santa Maria, through which one of two arms of the Brenno flows. Olivone lies on the road to the Lukmanier Pass , which connects the Blenio Valley with the Bündner Oberland .

Neighboring communities in a clockwise direction from the northwest were Medel (Lucmagn) in the canton of Graubünden , Campo (Blenio) , Ghirone , Aquila and Acquarossa in the Ticino district of Blenio and Faido , Campello , Calpiogna , Mairengo , Osco and Quinto in the district of Leventina , also canton Ticino. In the far east, Olivone bordered the Graubünden community of Vals over a short distance .

history

Olivone was first mentioned in 1193 as Alivoni . The meaning of the place name is unclear.

The village was ruled in the High Middle Ages by the da Torre family (until 1182) and later by the da Locarno family. A revolt by the citizens of Olivone and Acquarossa in 1213 resulted in the places being ruled by a governor from distant Lombardy . Local customary law was recorded in writing in 1237 and 1474. For centuries, the economy was based on pass traffic and agriculture, but it also benefited from emigrants early on and from tourism since the 19th century.

On January 25, 2005, the Ticino canton parliament decided to merge the five municipalities of the upper Blenio valley - in addition to Olivone, Aquila , Campo (Blenio) , Ghirone and Torre - to form the new municipality of Blenio . This plan was delayed by a complaint from Aquila Municipality, but after the federal court dismissed the appeal in April 2006, the merger was clear. In Olivone, the largest of the five parliamentary groups, the central facilities such as the community office and school were concentrated. - The previous local community of Olivone, Campo and Largario remained after the merger of the community.

population

Population development
year 1567 1602 1682 1745 1785 1801 1850 1900 1950 1960 2000 2005
Residents 593 1000 1018 734 640 644 758 765 707 930 845 873

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 San Martino, first mentioned in 1136
  • The palaces to be found here and there in the upper Blenio Valley are a result of the return of successful emigrants.
  • The neoclassical residence Il Centralone in the Chiesa district, for example, a former summer residence of the Ticino government, was built by the lawyer Carlo Poglia (1793–1877), a timber merchant and councilor of state condemned to death abroad, who returned to the Blenio valley after his exile and was again a member of the council
  • The Casa Piazza opposite was designed in 1868 by the Milanese architect Luigi Savoia for Vincenzo Piazza (1816–1975), one of the most famous chocolatiers in Milan
  • Ca 'da Rivoi (museum) (15th century), new wing (1998/2000), architect: Raffaele Cavadini
  • Bronze bust (1898) by Plinio Bolla (1859–1896), sculptor Antonio Soldini
  • the hospice in Camperio was on Lukmanierstrasse; the chapel is mentioned in 1303, a hospice in 1389, as a subsidiary of that of Casaccia. In 1476 it was called the Monastery of Saints Barnaba and Defendente and was headed by a prior and several brothers of the Order of Humiliates . The vicinanza of Olivone had the right of patronage there in 1478. In 1478 the hospice was attached to the Ospedale Maggiore (Milan) .
  • Schalenstein in the Rialpwald district via Campra di là (1480 m above sea level)

photos

  • San Martino Church

  • Parish hall

  • Casa Piazza, 1868

Huts for alpine hikers

  • Adula Hut CAS
  • Adula Hut UTOE
  • Bovarina hut
  • Dötra hut
  • Gorda hut
  • Michela Motterascio / Greina Hut
  • Prou hut
  • Quarnei hut
  • Scaletta hut
  • Scaradra di sopra hut

Personalities

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 676 f.
  2. ↑ Celestino Trezzini : Camperio. In: Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland , Volume 2: Brusino - Caux. Attinger, Neuchâtel 1924, p. 481 ( digitized version ).
  3. ↑ Acquacalda on biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz (accessed on May 6, 2017).
  4. ↑ Civic Community of Olivone, Campo and Largario
  5. ↑ Isabella Spinelli: Olivone. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 10, 2017 .
  6. ↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
  7. ^ Parish Church of San Martino
  8. ↑ a b c d Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 105-108.
  9. ↑ Ca 'da Rivoi (museum) on portal.dnb.de (accessed on May 5, 2016.)
  10. ↑ Andrea Ghiringhelli: Plinio Bolla. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 24, 2004 .
  11. ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Camperio. Digitized version (accessed on July 16, 2017).
  12. ^ Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni, Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, pp. 44–45.
  13. ↑ Adula CAS Hut on capanneti.ch/
  14. ↑ Adula UTOE Hut on capanneti.ch/
  15. ↑ Bovarina Hut on capanneti.ch/
  16. ↑ Döttra Hut on capanneti.ch/
  17. ↑ Gorda Hut on capanneti.ch/
  18. ↑ Motterascio Greina Hut on capanneti.ch/
  19. ↑ Michela Motterascio / Greina Hut on ETHorama
  20. ↑ Prou Hut on capanneti.ch/
  21. ↑ Quarnei Hut on capanneti.ch/
  22. ↑ Scaletta Hut on capanneti.ch/
  23. ↑ Scaradra di sopra hut on capanneti.ch/