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Rancate
Coat of arms of Rancate
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Mendrisio districtw
Circle : Riva San Vitale district
Municipality : Mendrisioi2
Postal code : 6862
UN / LOCODE : CH RCT
Coordinates : 718 814  /  81135 coordinates: 45 ° 52 '17 "  N , 8 ° 58' 7"  O ; CH1903:  718 814  /  81135
Height : 352  m above sea level M.
Area : 2.24  km²
Residents: 1453 (December 31, 2007)
Population density : 649 inhabitants per km²
Website: mendrisio.ch/quartieri/rancate/
Rancate

Rancate

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Map of Rancate
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Rancate, entrance to the village

Until April 4, 2009, Rancate was a municipality in the Riva San Vitale district, in the Mendrisio district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

geography

Aerial photo (1946)

The village is around ten kilometers from Chiasso and is close to the Swiss-Italian border. The Laveggio runs through the village .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1190 as a rancade . Traces of settlement go back to antiquity. In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the County of Seprio and was perhaps a municipality as early as the end of the 13th century, but is first mentioned as such in 1335. In 1798 it joined the short-lived Republic of Riva San Vitale . In 1528 the village separated from the Pieve Riva San Vitale.

Community merger

On November 25, 2007, the merger of the municipalities of Arzo , Capolago , Genestrerio , Mendrisio, Rancate and Tremona was approved by their voters. On April 5, 2009, they joined forces to form the new Mendrisio community.

population

Population development
year 1591 1643 1702 1769 1801 1850 1900 1950 2000 2007 2018
Residents 250 292 390 507 463 634 717 753 1353 1453 1600
Giovanni Serodine: Madonna dei Mercedari

Attractions

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 Santo Stefano from the 18th century
  • Column with statue of Saint Stephen
  • Old rectory (since 1967 Cantonal Pinakothek Giovanni Züst) (Italian) on ti.ch/decs/dcsu u. a. Preserves the oil panel Santo Stefano davanti ai giudici del Sinedrio work (around 1525) by the painter Francesco De Tatti (* around 1490 in Varese; † before January 13, 1532 ibid), the painting Madonna dei Mercedari by the painter Giovanni Serodine and the fresco Sibilla ( 1855) by the painter Antonio Rinaldi from Tremona
  • Cemetery chapel with fresco Anime purganti by the painter Antonio Rinaldi
  • Church of San Giuseppe (Roman tombs nearby) built in the 16th century with frescoes on the facade; in the interior marble altar and various paintings
  • Oratory of San Giovanni Battista in the Pizzuolo district, with frescoes by the painter Francesco Antonio Giorgioli
  • Villa Züst (former Pinakothek)
  • Old palace Della Croce then Borsotti in the district of Cantone
  • Della Tana trading post.

Sports

  • Football Club Rancate

Personalities

  • Tommaso Calderari (* around 1540 in Rancate; † around 1600 in Turin  ?), By Rancate, master builder. He worked as a military engineer in Piedmont .
  • Carlo Fontana (* 1638 in Rancate; † 1714), architect and engineer
  • Giuseppe Belloni (born August 31, 1898 in Rancate, † January 8, 1964 in Mendrisio), sculptor
  • Grazioso Gerolamo Francesco Rusca (* 1757 in Rancate, † June 18, 1829 in Milan ), sculptor
  • Carlo Basilico (born July 11, 1895 in Rancate, † January 30, 1966 in Mendrisio), painter
  • Artist family Botta
    • Alessandro Botta (born November 23, 1837 in Rancate; † June 10, 1902), sculptor
    • Francesco Botta (born September 26, 1820 in Rancate; † July 9, 1903 there), sculptor, architect
    • Grazioso Botta (born February 11, 1836 in Rancate, † October 21, 1898 in Saint Petersburg ), sculptor, plasterer
    • Luigi Botta (born November 23, 1826 in Rancate; † November 1, 1894 ibid), sculptor, plasterer
    • Valente Botta (born February 16, 1845 in Rancate; † February 4, 1901), sculptor
  • Emanuele Caroni (born February 26, 1826 in Rancate; † ibid?), Sculptor
  • Giovanni (Johann Jakob) Züst (born January 24, 1887 in Basel ; † December 4, 1976 in Rancate), freight forwarder, art collector, benefactor
  • Angelo Sesti (born March 30, 1915 in Bergamo ), painter, mosaicist

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stefania Bianchi: Rancate. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 29, 2016 .
  2. ^ Stefania Bianchi: Rancate. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 29, 2016 .
  3. ^ Population rancate at the end of 2018
  4. ↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 423-425.
  6. ^ Cantonal Pinakothek Giovanni Züst
  7. ^ Giovanni Agosti, Jacopo Stoppa: Il Rinascimento nelle terre ticinesi 2. Dal territorio al museo. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2018, pp. 26–33.
  8. ↑ Football Club Rancate on football.ch/ftc/Club-FTC.asp
  9. ^ Domenico Trezzini : Tommaso Calderari. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , page 473 ( digitized version ) (accessed on July 13, 2017).
  10. ^ Giuseppe Belloni. In: Sikart
  11. ^ Grazioso Gerolamo Francesco Rusca. In: Sikart
  12. ^ Carlo Basilico. In: Sikart
  13. ↑ Alessandro Botta. In: Sikart
  14. ↑ Francesco Botta. In: Sikart
  15. ^ Grazioso Botta. In: Sikart
  16. ↑ Luigi Botta. In: Sikart
  17. ↑ Valente Botta. In: Sikart
  18. ↑ Emanuele Caroni. In: Sikart
  19. ^ Mariangela Agliati Ruggia: Züst, Giovanni. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 24, 2013 , accessed December 15, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Angelo Sesti. In: Sikart