Ponto Valentino

Ponto Valentino
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Ticino (TI)
District :	Blenio district
Circle :	Acquarossa district
Municipality :	Acquarossa
Postal code :	6724
Coordinates :	714 908  /  148 987 coordinates: 46 ° 28 '56 "  N , 8 ° 56' 6"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred fourteen thousand nine hundred and eight  /  one hundred forty-eight thousand nine hundred eighty-seven
Height :	715  m above sea level M.
Area :	10.3  km²
Residents:	218 (2000)
Population density :	21 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.acquarossa.ch
Ponto Valentino
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Parish before the merger on April 4, 2004

Grumo with Ponto Valentino in the background

Ponto Valentino ( Lombard Pönt Valentign [ˌpøntvalenˈtiŋ] or simply Pön [pøn] or Pön t'Fò [ˌpøntˈfɔ] ) is a village in the 2004 political municipality Acquarossa in the Swiss canton of Ticino . Before that, it formed an independent community.

geography

Aerial photo (1953)

The village is 721 m above sea level. M. in the Blenio valley , at the foot of Pizzo Molare (2585 m above sea level), 19 km north of Biasca .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1200 as Ponto Varen [t] ino , in 1205 then as Ponto Valentino . The name means "Bridge of Valentinus". The dialectal name Pön t'Fò denotes the “outer Ponto”, in contrast to Ponto Aquilesco in the valley interior.

Together with Castro and Marolta , Ponto Valentino formed a neighborhood in the Middle Ages, the so-called consiglio, and was one of the six sales districts (rodarie) of the valley. It became federal in the 16th century . The common property of the old neighborhood was divided up in 1895.

On April 4, 2004, Ponto Valentino merged with Castro, Corzoneso , Dongio , Largario , Leontica , Lottigna , Marolta and Prugiasco to form the new municipality of Acquarossa .

population

Population development
year	1567	1602	1745	1850	1900	1950	2000
Residents	342	300	444	518	424	359	218

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Acquarossa

The village image is classified in the inventory of protected sites in Switzerland (ISOS) as a site of national importance in Switzerland.

• Parish Church of San Martino, first mentioned in 1258; the main altar has a gilded and painted wood tabernacle from the 17th century. The stained glass are works by Roberto Pasotti (1972). The side chapel Madonna del Carmine has stucco work and frescoes by the painter Carlo Martino Biucchi (1740–1745).
• Ossuary with frescoes (1740)
• Oratory of San Francesco Saverio with wooden tabernacle in the interior (16th century)
• Prayer chapel Sant'Anna in the Sommacorte district with frescoes by Antonio da Tradate (16th century)
• Schalenstein in the Migiodico district (1167 m above sea level)

Events

• La milizia napoleonica

Personalities

• Emilio Bontadina (born May 14, 1852 in Ponto Valentino, † April 23, 1913 in Corzoneso ), priest, pastor of Corzoneso, journalist, president of the Unione apostolica bleniese
• Pietro Berla (born May 24, 1879 in Ponto Valentino; † January 17, 1948 in Acquarossa ), priest, pastor of Semione , lecturer at the seminary of Lugano , journalist, founder of Il Lavoro

literature

• Piero Bianconi (Ed.): Ponto Valentino. In: Inventario delle cose d'arte e di antichità. Le Tre Valli Superiori. Leventina, Blenio, Riviera. Grassi & Co., Bellinzona 1948, pp. 161, 165, 166.
• Vanessa Giannò: Ponto Valentino. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 9, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
• Virgilio Gilardoni : Ponto Valentino. In: Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 178, 179, 280, 410, 463, 480.
• Simona Martinoli u. a .: Ponto Valentino. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007.
• Celestino Trezzini : Ponto Valentino. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5: Pictet - Resti. Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, p. 466 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Ponto Valentino  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Acquarossa commune data
• Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Acquarossa (Italian)
• Ponto Valentino: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
• Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Acquarossa (Italian)
• Federal inventory ISOS: Ponto Valentino (PDF; 1.6 MB)
• Ponto Valentino on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 711.
2. ↑ Vanessa Gianno: Ponto Valentino. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 15th December 2016 .
3. ↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Simona Martinoli u. a: 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. 103-104.
5. ^ Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, p. 36.
6. ↑ The historical militias in the Blenio Valley
7. ^ Alberto Lepori, Fabrizio Panzera (ed.): Uomini nostri. Trenta biography di uomini politici. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1989, p. 17.
8. ^ Alberto Lepori, Fabrizio Panzera (ed.): Uomini nostri. Trenta biography di uomini politici. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1989, p. 16.