Pigra

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Pigra
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Pigra (Italy)
Pigra
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Como  (CO)
Local name Pigri
Coordinates 45 ° 57 '  N , 9 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 57 '21 "  N , 9 ° 7' 26"  E
height 881  m slm
surface 4.53 km²
Residents 237 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 52 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 22020
prefix 031
ISTAT number 013184
Popular name Pigresi
Patron saint Margaret of Antioch ( July 20 )
Website Pigra
The municipality of Pigra in the province of Como
Look at Pigra
Pigra village with Pasquella hill in the background
Argegno-Pigra cable car

Pigra is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 237 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in Lombardy in the province of Como .

geography

The municipality is located 540 meters north of Lake Como at an altitude of 881  m slm in the Val d'Intelvi and belongs to the Comunità montana del Lario Intelvese . The village can be reached via the road from Argegno or, since June 16, 2011, after a period of closure, again by cable car from the lake in five minutes. The closest cities are Lugano , 15 km west, and Como , 17 km south.

The state border with Switzerland runs eight kilometers to the west . The neighboring municipalities are Argegno , Dizzasco , Blessagno , Colonno and Laino .

history

The village came under the rule of the Visconti in 1335 ; In 1416 it was a fiefdom of the Rusconi and in 1527 it came under Gian Giacomo Medici , known as Medeghino , who took possession of the lake and its surroundings from Musso Castle . In 1583 it was owned by the Marliani family and in 1713 by the Riva family.

The pastor Don Cavalli had taken part in the uprising against the Austrians led by Andrea Brenta in 1848 and was therefore later forced into exile.

Attractions

  • Parish church of Santa Margherita with stucco work
  • Oratory of San Rocco (16th - 17th centuries) with frescoes by the painter Salvatore Pozzi (1662)

literature

  • The city library is particularly rich in publications on Como and the Valle d'Intelvi.
  • Gabriele Pagani: La Valle Intelvi ieri e oggi. Sanco, Milano 1985.
  • Marco Lazzati: La Valle Intelvi, le origini, la storia, l'arte, il paesaggio, gli artisti comacini. Milan 1986.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Parish Church of Santa Margherita (photo) on lombardiabeniculturali.it
  3. ↑ Oratory of San Rocco (photo)