Piandera

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Lugano district

Circle :

District of Lugano North

Municipality :

Lugano

Postal code :

6959

Coordinates :

723 774 / 104738 coordinates: 46 ° 4 '58 " N , 9 ° 2' 20" O ; CH1903: 723,774 / 104738

Height :

872 m above sea level M.

Website:

www.lugano.ch

map

Parish before the 1956 merger

Piandera village

Lime kiln in Piandera

Attilio Moresi (1961)

Until 1955, Piandera was a political municipality in the Lugano district in the Swiss canton of Ticino .

geography

The village is 880 m above sea level. M. in the upper Val Colla . The pass San Lucio (1541 m above sea level) leads from here to the Italian municipality of Cavargna .

history

The village was mentioned earlier as Pian d'Era . In the first half of the 15th century, Piandera belonged to the vicinia of Colla , as it still belongs to the parish of the same name today. Piandera formed a community in 1686 or at least enjoyed a certain degree of independence; dam as if it bought itself out of the obligation to support the Cathedral of San Lorenzo (Lugano) . The vicinia or the patriziato (local civil parish) still exists today.

Community merger

In 1956, Piandera merged with the municipalities of Colla , Insone , Scareglia and Signôra to form the new municipality of Valcolla .

In 2013 Bogno, Certara, Cimadera e Valcolla merged with the municipality of Lugano, they form a district called Val Colla.

Civil parish

Board member since April 26, 2009

President: Sergio Moresi
Vice President: Primo Moresi
Members: Gianfranco Campana,
Deputy: Katia Campana, Franca Moresi
Secretary: Mario Campana.

population

The former municipality had 150 inhabitants in 1870 and only 98 in 1920.

Attractions

Oratory of Santa Maria Maddalena, built in 1602, with paintings Pietà e Santi Lorenzo e Maria Maddalena
Old lime kiln for brick production.

Personalities

Attilio Moresi called Tilo (1937–1993), racing cyclist, winner of the Tour de Suisse in 1961 and Swiss amateur road champion in 1955 and 1963 (professionals).

literature

Maurizio Cattaneo, Alberto Gandolla: Valcolla. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 18, 2017 , accessed January 7, 2020 .
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 382-383.
Celestino Trezzini : Piandera. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5, Neuenschwander - Picot. , Attinger, Neuchâtel 1929, page 432 ( digitized version ).

Web link

Piandera on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

↑ Quartier Val Colla on lugano.ch
↑ ^a ^b Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , page 383.

[1] Quartier Val Colla on lugano.ch

[Martinoli-2] Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , page 383.