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Prato (Leventina)
Coat of arms of Prato (Leventina)
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Leventina districtw
Circle : Quinto County
BFS no. : 5078i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 6773
Coordinates : 701186  /  148800 coordinates: 46 ° 28 '58 "  N , 8 ° 45' 23"  O ; CH1903:  701186  /  148800
Height : 1043  m above sea level M.
Height range : 929–2711 m above sea level M.
Area : 16.82  km²
Residents: 406 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 24 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.pratoleventina.ch
Prato, Parish Church of San Giorgio

Prato, Parish Church of San Giorgio
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Prato Leventina village center
Parish Church of San Giorgio
Parish church, fresco in the anteroom

Prato (Leventina) ( Lombard language : Prò , officially called Prato-Fiesso from 1902 to 1939 ) is a municipality in the Leventina district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

geography

The village of Prato is on the right side of the Leventina Valley at 1043 meters. The church of San Giorgio is located a little outside the village on a hill and with its Romanesque campanile dominates the entire upper valley up to Quinto . In a mountain basin in the west of the community lies at an altitude of 1851 m above sea level. M. the mountain lake Lago Tremorgio , which can be reached by cable car from the Rodi-Fiesso fraction.

The communities include Mascengo, Cortesopra, Rodi, Morasco, Fiesso Sopra and Fiesso Sotto or Corteflorino; ( Rodi-Fiesso ) lies on the valley floor of the Leventina and is today the most densely populated town in the municipality as well as the seat of all public institutions such as the community hall and the school. The municipality borders on Quinto to the north, Faido to the east, Dalpe to the south and Lavizzara to the west .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1211 under the name de Prato at the time . It appears as Vicinìa as early as 1237 and also included Dalpe until 1854; the village must have belonged to the rodaria of Quinto TI, Airolo and Bedretto .

A tower that, according to some sources, was built by Duke Filippo Maria Visconti is mentioned as early as 1397; before 1660 it was converted into a rectory. The place formed the center of a neighborhood ( vicinanza ), which included the Degagne Prato, Fiesso and until 1866 Dalpe.

The old Piottinostrasse passed near the village; A sust is mentioned here in 1350 . 1353-1354 a feud between Prato and Faido made the traffic so unsafe that the German merchants turned to the Archbishop Giovanni Visconti , who put an end to the dispute.

In 1341 Prato paid the basilicano to the provost church of Biasca , a levy whose meaning is not exactly known. In 1799 the village was the center of the Leventina uprising against the French troops.

population

Population development
year 1602 1639 1745 1850 1900 1950 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2017
Residents 224 191 308 424 327 306 389 455 368 397 436 413

Attractions

  • Parish church of San Giorgio with frescoes in the vestibule and interior
  • Oratory of San Giuseppe
  • Summer seminar palace, architect: Giuseppe Antonini
  • Old Kalchshochofen (1640)
  • Remains of a medieval tower
  • Dazio Grande
  • Ruins of the former customs station (Dazio Vecchio)
  • Monte Piottino gorge

Personalities

  • Antonio da Prato called de Carlonibus (* around 1420 in Prato, † after 1484 ibid), benefactor of the Church of Saint Giorgio in Prato, commander of the Leventine troops
  • Giuseppe Sartore (born May 5, 1700 (Giacomo) in Dalpe ; † June 2, 1755 in Faido ), clerk in the Prato neighborhood, after the Livinian uprising of 1755 against the Uri , he was accused as a participant; the Uri authorities sentenced him to death by beheading; the sentence was carried out in Faido on the same day
  • Adalbert Regli (1800–1881), abbot at Muri-Gries Abbey
  • Alberto Stéfani (born August 3, 1918 in Giornico ; † August 4, 2006 ibid), lawyer and politician
  • Jan Kristofori (born July 17, 1931 in Mukachevo ; † March 23, 2004 in Prague ), a painter and graphic artist
  • Gabriele Gendotti (* 1954), lawyer and politician ( FDP )
  • Michela Figini (* 1966), former ski racer

literature

  • Valeria Farinati, Centrali idroelettriche d'autore. In: Arte & Storia. Il Ticino dell'acqua. Dalla formazione geologica del Cantone alle attività economiche, Edizioni Ticino Management, 12th year, number 54, April – July 2012, Lugano 2012.
  • Piero Bianconi , Arminio Janner: Mascengo. and Prato (Leventina). In: Arte in Leventina. Istituto Editoriale Ticinese, Bellinzona 1939, pp. 22, 25, 40, 41, 45-47, 49, 85.
  • Piero Bianconi (Ed.): Claro. In: Inventario delle cose d'arte e di antichità. Le Tre Valli Superiori. Leventina, Blenio, Riviera. Grassi & Co., Bellinzona 1948, pp. 167, 171.
  • Mario Fransioli: Prato (Leventina.). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 26, 2012 , accessed December 31, 2019 .
  • Virgilio Gilardoni : Prato Leventina. In: Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 38, 40-42, 44, 318, 342, 407, 481-485, 501, 509, 512.
  • Simona Martinoli u. a .: Prato Leventina. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 132, 136.
  • Johann Rudolf Rahn : Prato Leventina. In: I monumenti artistici del medio evo nel Cantone Ticino. Tipo-Litografia di Carlo Salvioni, Bellinzona 1894, pp. 253-255.
  • Agostino Robertini and others: Prato Leventina. In: Il Comune. Edizioni Giornale del Popolo, Lugano 1978, pp. 293-302.
  • Celestino Trezzini : Prato Leventina. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5, Pictet - Resti. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, p. 483 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Rodi-Fiesso on ethorama.library.ethz.ch/de/node
  3. ↑ Mario Fransioli: Prato (Leventina.). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 24, 2011 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e f 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. 136-137.
  5. ↑ Parish Church of San Giorgio in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 3, 2016.)
  6. ↑ Dazio Grande on ethorama.library.ethz.ch/de/node
  7. ↑ Ruins of the former customs station (Dazio Vecchio)
  8. ↑ Monte Piottino Gorge at ethorama.library.ethz.ch/de/node
  9. ^ Giuseppe Chiesi: Antonio da Prato. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 9, 2010 , accessed on February 24, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Mario Fransioli: Giuseppe Sartore. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 13, 2011 , accessed May 9, 2020 .
  11. ^ Francesca Mariani Arcobello: Stefani, Alberto. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 1, 2011 .
  12. ↑ Jan Kristofori on ticinarte.ch