Prugiasco

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Blenio district

Circle :

Acquarossa district

Municipality :

Acquarossa

Postal code :

6723

Coordinates :

714 706 / 146585 coordinates: 46 ° 27 '39 " N , 8 ° 55' 55" O ; CH1903: 714706 / 146585

Height :

614 m above sea level M.

Area :

6.00 km²

Residents:

136 ((2000))

Population density :

23 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.acquarossa.ch

map

Parish before the merger on April 4, 2004

Romanesque church of San Carlo di Negrentino

Interior view of the Church of San Carlo

Prugiasco ( Lombard [pruˈsask pruˈɕaʃk] ) is a village in the political municipality of Acquarossa, formed in 2004, in the Swiss canton of Ticino . Before that, it formed an independent community.

geography

Aerial photo (1954)

The village is 614 m above sea level. M. in the middle Blenio valley , on the right bank of the Brenno river and at the southeast foot of the Pizzo Molare; 16 kilometers north of Biasca .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1209 as Puliçasco, then in 1409 as Pruxiascho . The name may contain a Latin or rather Celtic personal name, that of the former owner of the area.

In the Middle Ages, Prugiasco and Chiggiogna , located in the Leventina Valley, formed a common neighborhood (Dorgenossenschaft). When Leventina pledged to Uri from the Duke of Milan in 1440–1441 and was finally ceded in 1478, Prugiasco also came to Uri. In 1798 the newly formed canton of Bellinzona became part of the new canton of Ticino in 1803.

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

population

Population development
year	1567	1602	1745	1850	1900	1950	1980	2000
Residents	205	125	203	333	214	219	156	136

Attractions

Parish Church of Sant'Ambrogio
Church of Sant'Ambrogio Vecchio, today Church of San Carlo di Negrentino , in the district of Negrentino with frescoes, among others by the painter Antonio da Tradate (around 1500)
late medieval martyrology (1541) in the archiv of the parish

Documentaries

Chronicle of Prugiasco. Documentary (1978) by Remo Legnazzi
Gli ultimi contadini di montagna di Prugiasco. Documentary (2007) by Remo Legnazzi

literature

Piero Bianconi : Prugiasco. In: Arte in Blenio. Guida della valle. Grassi & Co. Bellinzona-Lugano 1944.
Vanessa Giannò: Prugiasco. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 9, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
Virgilio Gilardoni : Prugiasco. In: Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 38, 40, 44, 123-125, 248, 282, 289, 299, 308, 423, 486-498, 533, 558, 560.
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Prugiasco. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History . Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 89, 100, 101, 127, 335, 384.
Johann Rudolf Rahn : Prugiasco. In: I monumenti artistici del medio evo nel Cantone Ticino. Tipo-Litografia di Carlo Salvioni, Bellinzona 1894, pp. 256-258.
Celestino Trezzini : Prugiasco. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5: Pictet - Resti. Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, p. 494 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

Acquarossa commune data
Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Acquarossa (Italian)
Prugiasco: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
Renzo Dionigi: Church of Sant'Ambrogio (Negrentino) on www.flickr.com
Prugiasco on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

↑ ^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. 721 f.
↑ Vanessa Gianno: Prugiasco. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 15th December 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b 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. 100-102.
^ Church of Sant'Ambrogio vecchio in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 5, 2016.)
↑ Il Martirologio di Prugiasco del 1541 on salvioni.ch/tishop (accessed on: August 27, 2018.)
↑ Chronicle of Prugiasco in the Internet Movie Database (English)
↑ Gli ultimi contadini di montagna di Prugiasco (Italian)
^ The last mountain farmers in Prugiasco on artfilm.ch

[lsg-1] 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. 721 f.

[2] Vanessa Gianno: Prugiasco. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 15th December 2016 .

[Martinoli-3] 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. 100-102.

[4] Church of Sant'Ambrogio vecchio in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 5, 2016.)

[5] Il Martirologio di Prugiasco del 1541 on salvioni.ch/tishop (accessed on: August 27, 2018.)

[6] Chronicle of Prugiasco in the Internet Movie Database (English)

[7] Gli ultimi contadini di montagna di Prugiasco (Italian)

[8] The last mountain farmers in Prugiasco on artfilm.ch