Palazzi (Poschiavo)
The palazzi form a street of stately villas from the second half of the 19th century on the former southern outskirts of Poschiavo , Canton of Graubünden , which is often also called the Spaniolenviertel .
In the 19th century in particular, many people from Poschiavo had to emigrate for economic reasons. They moved to numerous European countries, to Russia, Australia, North and South America, where they often worked as confectioners . Some achieved considerable prosperity in these countries - in Madrid , Barcelona and Porto legendary confectioners and restaurants were run by Poschiavo families, often under the name Suisse . Many of the people of Poschiavo, who were connected to their homeland, were able to return to their homeland after ten or twenty years. The most successful people proudly displayed their wealth at home by having magnificent villas built on the southern outskirts of Poschiavo.
The Palazzi are about 120 meters long row of around five three- to four-story gabled houses on the north side of Via di Palazz . The colorful facades of the neoclassical houses all face south and have gardens on the other side of the street. The uniform image is thanks to the then mayor Tomaso Lardelli, who, together with the Venetian architect Giovanni Sottovia who happened to be present at the time, was responsible for the planning and had the first house built in 1856. Originally, Lardelli had planned a simple row of houses that Sottovia had given "a festive dress". The villa quarter was soon simply called the Palazzi .
literature
- Ludmila Seifert, Leza Dosch: Art guide through Graubünden. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2008; P. 353.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Silvia Hofmann, Silke Redolfi, Ursula Jecklin: Fremde Frau: Contributions to women's and gender history in Graubünden in the 19th and 20th centuries. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-03823-069-4
- ↑ Ludmila Seifert-Uherkovich: Architectural tours in Graubünden: Poschiavo Borgo. Bündner Heimatschutz, Chur 2003.
Coordinates: 46 ° 19 ' N , 10 ° 4' E ; CH1903: 801800 / 133600