Ponte Brolla
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 Switzerland
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| Canton : |
 Ticino (TI)
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| District : | Locarno district | |
| Circle : |
Melezza district Locarno district |
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| Municipality : |
Terre di Pedemonte Locarno |
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| Postal code : | 6652 Tegna | |
| former BFS no. : | 5130 | |
| Coordinates : | 701508 / 115788 | |
| Height : | 254 m above sea level M. | |
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Ponte Brolla is a town in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland , politically half of the municipality of Terre di Pedemonte (north of the road bridge) and half of the municipality of Locarno (south of the road bridge).
geography
It is located northwest of Locarno at the point where the Centovalli and the Valle Maggia branch. At Ponte Brolla, the Maggia leaves the Maggia valley through a narrow gorge with bizarre rock formations and joins the Melezza . A 33 m high single-arched stone bridge, which gave the place its name, spans the gorge. Until this was shut down in 1965, the Locarno-Ponte Brolla-Bignasco railway branched off from the Centovalli railway in Ponte Brolla .
Attractions
On the hill northwest of Ponte Brolla are the ruins of fortifications from prehistoric, late Roman and possibly medieval times. Today they are called “Castelliere” (formerly Castello). The hill offers a great view of the Maggia Valley, Centovalli and Lake Langensee. For this reason, another fortress was built into the rock interior during World War II, which can also be visited on request from those responsible.
To the north of the road bridge there is also a former steel bridge that has been converted into a hiking trail in the picturesque surroundings of the Locarno-Ponte Brolla-Bignasco railway over the Maggia.
Sports
To the north of the village is a rocky slope popular with climbers. The rocks of the gorge are the venue for European and world championships in cliff jumping .
Centovalli Railway in Ponte Brolla
European championship cliff jumping
Personalities
- Erich Lenkeit (* 1926), artist and caricaturist
literature
- Rodolfo Huber: Tegna. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 19, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
- Simona Martinoli u. a .: Tegna. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007.
- Elfi Rüsch: Ponte Brolla. In: I monumenti d'arte e di storia del Canton Ticino. Distretto di Locarno IV: La Verzasca, il Pedemonte, le Centovalli e l'Onsernone. (= The art monuments of Switzerland. Volume 123). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History SKG. Bern 2013, ISBN 978-3-03797-084-3 , pp. 127-131.
- Martino Signorelli: Ponte Brolla. In: Storia della Valmaggia. Tipografia Stazione SA, Locasrno 1972, pp. 86, 147, 173, 203, 232, 253, 289, 428, 429.
- Celestino Trezzini : Ponte Brolla. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 8, Macheret - Z. , Attinger, Neuchâtel 1934, p. 464 ( digitized version )
Web links
- Ponte Brolla on Felsklettern.ch
- Ponte Brolla on sac-cas.ch
- Ponte Brolla on ethorama.library.ethz.ch
- Ponte Brolla on elexikon.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erich Lenkeit on ticinarte.ch