Robasacco

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Robasacco
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Bellinzona districtw
Circle : Giubiasco district
Municipality : Cadenazzoi2
Postal code : 6599
UN / LOCODE : CH RCT
Coordinates : 716 461  /  111225 coordinates: 46 ° 8 '33 "  N , 8 ° 56' 45"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred sixteen thousand four hundred sixty-one  /  111225
Height : 482  m above sea level M.
Area : 2.78  km²
Residents: 109 (December 31, 2007)
Population density : 39 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.cadenazzo.ch
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Robasacco (Switzerland)
Robasacco
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Parish before the merger on March 13, 2005

Robasacco is a fraction of the municipality of Cadenazzo and was until March 13, 2005 a political municipality in the Giubiasco district , in the Bellinzona district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

geography

The village lies at an altitude of 485 m above sea level. M. on the north slope of Monte Ceneri and on the old mule track from Bellinzona over Monte Ceneri to Lugano ; two kilometers south of the Cadenazzo station on the Bellinzona- Luino line of the Swiss Federal Railways .

history

The origin of the village goes back to an old pasture, on which a church or chapel of San Leonardo stood, which is already mentioned in 1205; at that time it belonged to the four parishes of Medeglia , Bironico , Rivera and Camignolo . After Medeglia and Isone came under the jurisdiction of Bellinzona, a dispute broke out with Lugano. In 1698 Robasacco belonged to the municipality of Medeglia. In 1808 by the Ticino Grand Council Robasacco retained his patriziato .

The old communication

The Komunanz Medeglia / Robasacco merged with the Kommunanz Cadenazzo / Monteceneri since January 1st, 2004.

population

Population development
year 1698 1780 1784 1850 1880 1900 1920 1950 2000 2007
Residents 2 households 190 50 227 311 201 212 172 108 109

Attractions

  • Parish Church of San Leonardo, mentioned in 1205
  • Prayer Chapel della Madonna
  • Two other prayer chapels
  • Fresco with sundial on the facade of an old farmhouse
  • Old mule track Munscendrin.
  • Bowl stone Sasso del diavolo (620 m above sea level) and stone with border cross (650 m above sea level)

literature

  • Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni , Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, ISBN 978-88-8281-353-6 .
  • Virgilio Gilardoni : Robasacco. In: Inventario delle cose d'arte e di antichità. Volume II, Distretto di Bellinzona, Edizioni dello Stato, Bellinzona 1955, pp. 268-270; Idem: Robasacco. In: Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, p. 527.
  • Simona Martinoli u. a .: Robasacco. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007.
  • Graziano Tarilli: Robasacco. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 11, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
  • Celestino Trezzini : Robasacco. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5: Retornaz - Didier. Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, p. 655 ( digitized version ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 50.
  2. ↑ Le vie dei briganti (Italian)
  3. ^ Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni , Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, pp. 50–51.