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Riva San Vitale
Coat of arms of Riva San Vitale
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Mendrisio districtw
Circle : Riva San Vitale district
BFS no. : 5263i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 6826
Coordinates : 718 839  /  84870 coordinates: 45 ° 54 '18 "  N , 8 ° 58' 12"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred eighteen thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine  /  84870
Height : 273  m above sea level M.
Height range : 270-1095 m above sea level M.
Area : 6.05  km²
Residents: 2646 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 437 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.rivasanvitale.ch
Riva San Vitale

Riva San Vitale

Location of the municipality
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Riva San Vitale is a municipality in the Riva San Vitale district , in the Mendrisio district in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

geography

Riva San Vitale is located on the eastern slope of Monte San Giorgio at the southern end of an arm of Lake Lugano into which the Laveggio flows.

history

Aerial photo (1946)

The village was already settled before the Etruscans in pre-Christian times and later a Roman vicus under the name Vicus Subinates .

population

Population development
year 1591 1643 1719 1769 1801 1850 1900 1950 2000 2005 2010 2012 2014 2017
Residents 500 517 600 636 611 851 1333 1166 2292 2416 2490 2539 2600 2617

Attractions

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

  • Santa Croce Church
  • Baptistery of St. Giovanni , the oldest Christian building in Switzerland
  • Parish Church of San Vitale and Oratory of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sacraments
  • Bernasconi Palace (Virginia Tech. Center for European Studies of Architecture)
  • Palazzo della Croce (today Houck) with frescoes by the Pozzi brothers from Puria , Valsolda (1591)
  • Palazzo comunale (parish hall), restored 2003/2006, architects: Giancarlo Durisch , Lino Caldelari
  • Single-family house Bianchi (1972–1973), in the Battuta district , architect: Mario Botta .

Culture and education

  • Filodrammatica Aurora Riva San Vitale
  • Istituto San Pietro Canisio, Opera Don Guanella

Sports

  • Associazione Sportiva di Atletica e Podismo Riva San Vitale
  • Football Club Riva San Vitale

Personalities

gallery

literature

  • Vishal Arora: Un ciclo di affreschi in casa Houck, già Della Croce, a Riva San Vitale: committenza e fonti iconografiche. In: “Archivio Storico Ticinese”, Series II, number 160, Bellinzona, Istituto grafico Casagrande SA, December 2016, ISSN 0004-0371, pp. 4–23.
  • Stefania Bianchi: Riva San Vitale. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 1, 2010 , accessed December 31, 2019 .
  • Rossana Cardani Vergani, Werner Bieri: Riva San Vitale: the Baptistery of San Giovanni and the Church of Santa Croce. Society for Swiss Art History , Bern 2006.
  • A. Ferrini: Una sorpresa interesting alla mostra delle fornaci di Riva San Vitale. in Bollettino parrocchiale. Riva San Vitale, July-August 1981, pp. 2-3; Idem, Le fornaci, industria del passato. In Giornale del Popolo . April 24, 1986.
  • Giuseppe Martinola (Ed.): Riva San Vitale. In: Invito al Mendrisiotto. Lions Club del Mendrisiotto, Bellinzona 1965, pp. 29-33, 42-46; Idem: Riva San Vitale. In: Inventario d'arte del Mendrisiotto. Volume I, Edizioni dello Stato, Bellinzona 1975, pp. 444-480.
  • Simona Martinoli u. a .: Riva San Vitale. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 417-422.
  • Celestino Trezzini : Riva San Vitale. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5, Retornaz - Didier, Attinger, Neuchâtel 1929, pp. 651, 652 ( digitized version ).

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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. ↑ Stefania Bianchi: Riva San Vitale. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 5th January 2012 .
  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 e f g 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. 417-422.
  5. ↑ Filodrammatica Aurora Riva San Vitale in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 2, 2016.)
  6. ↑ Istituto San Pietro Canisio, Opera Don Guanella in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 2, 2016.)
  7. ↑ Associazione Sportiva di Atletica e Podismo Riva San Vitale in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 2, 2016.)
  8. ^ Football Club Riva San Vitale
  9. ^ Rossana Cardani Vergani, Werner Bieri: Riva San Vitale: the Baptistery of San Giovanni and the Church of Santa Croce. in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 2, 2016.)