Prato-Sornico

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Vallemaggia district

Circle :

Lavizzara district

Municipality :

Lavizzara

Postal code :

6694

Coordinates :

693 492 / 139 089 coordinates: 46 ° 23 '48 " N , 8 ° 39' 15" O ; CH1903: 693 492 / 139089

Height :

750 m above sea level M.

Area :

38.34 km²

Residents:

112 (2003)

Population density :

3 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.lavizzara.ch

Prato-Sornico

map

Parish before the merger on April 4, 2004

Prato-Sornico

From 1864 to 2004, Prato-Sornico was a municipality in the Lavizzara district, in the Vallemaggia district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

geography

The village lies at an altitude between 742 and 754 m above sea level. M. on the left bank of the Lavizzara (river) and at the entrance to Val Prato, 37 kilometers northwest of Locarno . An abundant mineral spring gushes on one of the alpine pastures belonging to the village. The 3,071 m above sea level rises above the village. M. Pizzo Campo Tencia .

history

The village is first mentioned in 1374 under the then name Prato , 1374 Sornico . The place used to belong to the vicinìa Lavizzara and enjoyed a certain independence. In 1374, the villages of Prato, Sornico, Broglio TI , Peccia and Fusio divided the common area. From 1803 on, Prato formed a political municipality, from 1864 it was united with Sornico to form the municipality of Prato-Sornico.

Community merger

It emerged from the merger of Prato (Vallemaggia) and Sornico and merged in 2004 with Broglio, Brontallo , Fusio , Menzonio and Peccia in the larger municipality of Lavizzara.

Local civil parish

Local citizen families are Cavalli, Moretti, Cotti, Jelmini, Fenini, Melia, Oberti.

population

Population development
year	1591	17th century	1776	1801	1850	1900	1920	1950	2000	2003
Residents	120 households	800	335	225	161	124	114	104	104	112

Attractions

In the district of Prato, parish church of Santi Fabiano and Sebastiano, consecrated (1487)
In the district of Predee : Oratory San Carlo Borromeo (1618)
In the district of Vedlà : Oratorium del Crocifisso (1758)
In the district of Sornico : Church of San Martino, mentioned in 1372
Community House (1500)
Moretti house (XVII century)
Old raised granary
Schalenstein (character stone) on the border of the former municipality of Broglio TI (900 m above sea level)

Personalities

Giovanni Antonio Galliardi (* 1657 in Prague Neustadt; † around 1690 in Vienna ?) (Place of origin Prato-Sornico), painter, fresco in Kremsmünster
Gottlieb Antonio Galliardi (* 1689 in Prague ; † 1728 in Slovakia ?), Son of Giovanni Antonio, painter, fresco artist
Giovanni Giulio Gerolamo Berna (1717–1804), clergyman and library founder
Bernardo Pfiffer-Gagliardi (born September 19, 1810 (also Phiffer, Pfyffer or Gagliardi-Pfiffer in reverse of the double name taken over from his father) in Prato-Sornico (today the municipality of Lavizzara); February 14, 1867 ibid)
Giacomo Pfiffer-Gagliardi (March 20, 1809 (also Phiffer, Pfyffer or Gagliardi-Pfiffer in reverse of the double name adopted from the father) in Prato-Sornico; † July 31, 1867 in Locarno )
Martino Signorelli (born July 10, 1896 in Prato-Sornico, † November 14, 1975 in Locarno ), priest, pastor of Muzzano , Canon of Lugano , rector of the Lugano seminary, local historian
Fede Cavalli Melià (born April 19, 1936 in Cevio , † November 19, 2011 in Prato-Sornico), painter, linoleum artist
Flavio Cotti (* 1939), lawyer, politician, Federal Councilor

literature

Giovanni Bianconi : Prato-Sornico. In: Vallemaggia. Edizioni LEMA, Agno 1969.
Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 2013, ISBN 978-88-8281-353-6 .
Daniela Pauli Falconi: Prato-Sornico. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 17, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
Martino Signorelli: Prato-Sornico. In: Storia della Valmaggia. Tipografia Stazione SA, Locarno 1972, pp. 8, 10, 112, 131, 136, 150, 152, 172-173, 192, 196, 221, 228, 236-237, 252-253, 283-285, 288-289, 292 -293, 318-319, 353, 374-377, 398-400, 403-404, 425, 431.
Celestino Trezzini : Prato. Digitized In: Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland , Volume 5, Pictet - Resti. Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, p. 483; Idem: Sornico. ( Digitized version ) In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, Volume 6, Sisikon - Steg. Attinger, Neuchâtel 1931, p. 452.

Art history

Virgilio Gilardoni : Prato-Sornico. In: Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 287, 562.
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Prato-Sornico. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, p. 262.

Web links

Official website of the municipality of Lavizzara
Data from the Lavizzara municipality
Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Lavizzara (Italian)
Prato-Sornico: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
Federal inventory ISOS: Prato (PDF; 4.0 MB)
Federal inventory ISOS: Sornico (PDF; 3.6 MB)
Prato Vallemaggia on elexikon.ch
Sornico on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

↑ Martino Signorelli: Storia della Valmaggia. Pp. 8, 73, 76, 93, 113, 115, 130, 140, 150, 165, 182, 228, 240, 255, 282, 298, 301, 338, 346, 359, 378, 408, 415, 431.
^ Daniela Pauli Falconi: Prato-Sornico. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 17th January 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 264–265.
↑ Martino Signorelli: Storia della Valmaggia. Pp. 325, 353, 401, 404, 427.
↑ Martino Signorelli: Storia della Valmaggia. Pp. 30, 282, 300, 324-325, 328, 332, 342, 375, 401, 403-404.
^ Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò Editore , Locarno 2013, p. 80.
↑ Gottlieb Antonio Galliardi in uibk.ac.at/aia (accessed on: March 21, 2016.)
↑ Gottlieb Antonio Galliardi in uibk.ac.at/aia (accessed on: March 21, 2016.)
↑ Marco Marcacci: Bernardo Pfiffer-Gagliardi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 31, 2008 , accessed March 28, 2020 .
↑ Marco Marcacci: Giacomo Pfiffer-Gagliardi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 14, 2008 , accessed March 28, 2020 .
^ Alberto Lepori, Fabrizio Panzera (ed.): Uomini nostri. Trenta biography di uomini politici. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1989, p. 27.
↑ Fede Cavalli Melià. In: Sikart

[1] Martino Signorelli: Storia della Valmaggia. Pp. 8, 73, 76, 93, 113, 115, 130, 140, 150, 165, 182, 228, 240, 255, 282, 298, 301, 338, 346, 359, 378, 408, 415, 431.

[2] Daniela Pauli Falconi: Prato-Sornico. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 17th January 2017 .

[Martinoli-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History , Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 264–265.

[4] Martino Signorelli: Storia della Valmaggia. Pp. 325, 353, 401, 404, 427.

[5] Martino Signorelli: Storia della Valmaggia. Pp. 30, 282, 300, 324-325, 328, 332, 342, 375, 401, 403-404.

[6] Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò Editore , Locarno 2013, p. 80.

[7] Gottlieb Antonio Galliardi in uibk.ac.at/aia (accessed on: March 21, 2016.)

[8] Gottlieb Antonio Galliardi in uibk.ac.at/aia (accessed on: March 21, 2016.)

[9] Marco Marcacci: Bernardo Pfiffer-Gagliardi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 31, 2008 , accessed March 28, 2020 .

[10] Marco Marcacci: Giacomo Pfiffer-Gagliardi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 14, 2008 , accessed March 28, 2020 .

[11] Alberto Lepori, Fabrizio Panzera (ed.): Uomini nostri. Trenta biography di uomini politici. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1989, p. 27.

[12] Fede Cavalli Melià. In: Sikart