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Peccia
Peccia coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Vallemaggia districtw
Circle : Lavizzara district
Municipality : Lavizzarai2
Postal code : 6695
Coordinates : 692 993  /  140 251 coordinates: 46 ° 24 '26 "  N , 8 ° 38' 53"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred ninety-two thousand nine hundred ninety-three  /  140 251
Height : 840  m above sea level M.
Area : 54.26  km²
Residents: 189 (2003)
Population density : 3 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.lavizzara.ch
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Parish before the merger on April 4, 2004
Piano di Peccia
Pecciatal
Waterfall in the Pecciatal

Peccia is a fraction of the political municipality Lavizzara in the Lavizzara district, in the Vallemaggia district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

geography

Aerial photo (1954)

The village lies at an altitude of 849 m above sea level. M. at the foot of the second valley step of the Val Lavizzara and at the mouth of the Val Peccia into it; 39 kilometers northwest of Locarno . The fractions are Cortignelli, Veglia, Mogno, Piano and San Carlo. Picturesque area with numerous ancient chestnut trees.

history

The village is first mentioned in 1374 under the then name Petia . The noble Orelli family of Locarno were wealthy there in 1369. In 1374 Peccia took part as a municipality in the division of the vicinia Lavizzara. The still existing comunella is a remnant of the old community and belonged together to the villages of Peccia, Fusio and Prato-Sornico . Under the rule of the Confederates, Peccia appointed one of the seven judges and three members of the Lavizzara Council. Peccia used to be known for its soapstone (Laveggio) and its cheese called della paglia . The common property of the four municipalities ( comunella dei quattro comuni ) Fusio, Peccia, Prato (Vallemaggia) and Sornico was only dissolved in 1929.

Community merger

The previously independent political municipality was merged on April 4, 2004 with the former municipalities of Broglio , Brontallo , Fusio , Menzonio and Prato-Sornico to form the municipality of Lavizzara.

population

Population development
year 15th century 1596 1765 1795 1850 1900 1920 1950 1970 2000 2003
Residents 800-900 450 (with the Val Peccia) 169 300 300 229 212 217 275 171 189

Attractions

  • Parish church of Sant'Antonio abate (16th century)
  • Oratorio della Pietà, (1765), restored
  • Oratory Madonna della Misericordia, in the hamlet of Camblee, (XVII century)
  • Oratory Madonna del Carmine, mentioned in the district Veia in Val di Peccia (1597)
  • Oratory Madonna di Einsiedeln in the Cortignelli district, built (1736)
  • Parish Church of San Carlo Borromeo, in the fraction 'San Carlo, in Val di Peccia, built (1617)
  • Oratory Madonna della Neve in the district of Pian d'Fora '(Pian Fora), with Renaissance frescoes (1577)
  • Oratory Madonna delle Grazie in the Pian d'Dent district, built (1640)
  • Various praying chapels
  • Old rural house with elevated granary (1401)

Personalities

  • Patocchi family of artists
    • Giuseppe Patocchi (1822–1891), politician, Ticino Grand Councilor and National Councilor.
    • Michele Patocchi (born October 1, 1837 in Peccia; † March 1, 1897 ibid), Ticino Grand Council, 1870–1874 State Councilor
    • Remo Patocchi (born January 24, 1876 in Bellinzona , † August 31, 1953 in Faido ), painter, landscape painter
    • Luigi Patocchi (* around 1880? In Peccia; after 1919 † in Basel ), PTT employee, secretary of the Swiss Railway Union and National Councilor
    • Elmo Patocchi (born April 8, 1906 (Guglielmo) in Basel , † December 20, 1980 in Agra (today the municipality of Collina d'Oro ), from Peccia (today the municipality of Lavizzara )), politician, councilor in Castagnola (today the municipality of Lugano ) and in Bellinzona, Ticino councilor , founder and president of the Lega dei comuni rurali e montani (Federation of rural and mountain communities)
    • Aldo Patocchi (born July 22, 1907 in Basel , † September 4, 1986 in Lugano), xylograph , journalist, director of the Illustrazione Ticinese
    • Pericle Patocchi (1911–1968), writer, translator and high school teacher
    • Mucci Staglieno Patocchi (born June 18, 1929 in Genoa , † September 11, 2006 in Lugano), painter
    • Manfredo Patocchi (born December 21, 1927 in Baruth / Mark ( Brandenburg ), † October 9, 2008 in Coldrerio ), sculptor and poet
    • Mauro Patocchi (* 1935? In Lugano; † 1977 ibid), son of Aldo Patocchi and Beatrice (Bice) Chiesi, lecturer in Liceo of Lugano, where he taught Greek and Latin from 1958 to 1977.

literature

Art history
  • Piero Bianconi : Peccia. In: Arte in Vallemaggia. Istituto Editoriale Ticinese, Bellinzona 1937, pp. 19, 63.
  • Simona Martinoli u. a .: Peccia In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 238, 262, 265-267, 376, 395.
  • Johann Rudolf Rahn : Peccia In: I monumenti artistici del medio evo nel Cantone Ticino. Tipo-Litografia di Carlo Salvioni, Bellinzona 1894, p. 250.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniela Pauli Falconi: Peccia. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 17th January 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Simona Martinoli and others: 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. 238, 262, 265, 266, 267, 376, 395.
  3. ↑ Martino Signorelli: Storia della Valmaggia. Tipografia Stazione SA, Locarno 1972, pp. 325, 405.
  4. ↑ Martino Signorelli: Storia della Valmaggia. Tipografia Stazione SA, Locarno 1972, pp. 336, 341, 406, 415-416.
  5. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Johann Paolo Bagnato. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. Retrieved February 22, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Dominique Martinetti. In: Sikart , accessed January 20, 2016.
  7. ^ Pablo Crivelli: Michele Patocchi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 17, 2008 , accessed April 15, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Remo Patocchi. In: Sikart , accessed January 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ Lara Calderari: Aldo Patocchi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 12, 2009 .
  10. ↑ Pasquale Genasci: Elmo Patocchi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 21, 2008 , accessed April 4, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Anastasia Gilardi: Aldo Patocchi. In: Sikart , accessed January 14, 2016.
  12. ↑ Aldo Patocchi: self-portrait on lacasadelcollezionista.it
  13. ↑ Aldo Patocchi on ticinarte.ch
  14. ↑ Lara Calderari: Aldo Patocchi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 12, 2009 .
  15. ↑ Mucci Staglieno Patocchi. In: Sikart , accessed January 7, 2016.
  16. ↑ Mucci Staglieno Patocchi (Italian) in agendalugano.ch, accessed January 7, 2016.
  17. ↑ Fabio Dal Busco: Manfredo Patocchi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 29, 2009 .
  18. ^ Manfredo Patocchi. In: Sikart , accessed January 14, 2016.