Roveredo Capriasca
Roveredo Capriasca | ||
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District : | Lugano district | |
Circle : | Capriasca district | |
Municipality : | Capriasca | |
Postal code : | 6950 | |
Coordinates : | 719 653 / 103659 | |
Height : | 727 m above sea level M. | |
Area : | 0.72 km² | |
Residents: | 126 (December 31, 2000) | |
Population density : | 175 inhabitants per km² | |
Website: | www.capriasca.ch | |
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Roveredo Capriasca is a former political municipality in the district of Capriasca , in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .
geography
The village lies at an altitude of 727 m above sea level. At the entrance to Val Colla and on the south slope of Monte Caval Drossa (1632 m above sea level) beautifully situated; twelve kilometers north of Lugano . It offers a magnificent view of Lugano and the surrounding area.
history
The village was first mentioned in 1574 under the then name Roferit . The community mentioned in the 16th century is probably much older. In 1779 she owed a tax to the parish church of Santo Stefasno of Tesserete .
Community merger
On October 15, 2001, it merged with Campestro and the Odogno, Cagiallo , Lopagno , Sala Capriasca , Tesserete and Vaglio fraction to form the new municipality of Capriasca .
population
Population development | ||||||||
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year | 1574 | 1638 | 1779 | 1850 | 1900 | 1920 | 1950 | 2000 |
Residents | 113 | 70 | 14 households | 73 | 95 | 107 | 88 | 126 |
Attractions
- Oratory of San Bernardo di Chiaravalle (18th century)
- Prayer chapel, with fresco of the crucifixion by the painter Giovanni Battista Sertorio
- Prayer chapel called Capelòna with frescoes (18th century and 1835)
- Prayer Chapel Ar Places
- Sarogg prayer chapel
- Prayer Chapel Termen
- Home by architect Luigi Canonica
- Rural houses
- Schalenstein in the Motarèl dèla stria district (800 m above sea level)
Culture
- Archivio audiovisivo di Capriasca e Val Colla (ACVC)
- Centro Cristallo, yoga meditation, spiritual healing art
Personalities
- Luigi Canonica (born March 9, 1764 in Roveredo; † February 7, 1844 in Milan ) (otherwise year of birth 1762 AKL), architect, lecturer at the Accademia di Brera and urban planner of classicism
- Ernest Bloch (born July 24, 1880 in Geneva , † July 15, 1959 in Portland (Oregon) ), musician, composer.
literature
- Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 2013, ISBN 978-88-8281-353-6 .
- Francesca Corti: Roveredo (TI). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 29, 2010 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
- Yvonne Kocherhans: Le case sui monti, Ticino holiday homes from the early 20th century. University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, University of Architecture, Building and Geomatics, Institute of Architecture, Muttenz, Basel 2007.
- Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, p. 381.
- Celestino Trezzini : Roveredo. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5, Retornaz - Saint Didier. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, p. 727 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Website of the municipality of Capriasca
- Data from the municipality of Capriasca
- Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Capriasca (Italian)
- Roveredo: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
- Roveredo Capriasca on elexikon.ch
Individual evidence
- ^ Francesca Corti: Roveredo (TI). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 29, 2010 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h 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. 381.
- ^ Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni , Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 2013, p. 55.
- ^ Archivio audiovisivo di Capriasca e Val Colla (ACVC)
- ↑ Centro Cristallo in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 28, 2016.)
- ^ Eliana Perotti: Luigi Canonica. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 23, 2003 .
- ↑ Luigi Canonica in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 28, 2016.)
- ↑ Luigi Canonica (Italian) at ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti (accessed on October 31, 2016).
- ↑ Helga M. Craubner: Ernest Bloch ,. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 3rd July 2014 .
- ^ Carlo Piccardi: L'occhio del compositore - Ernest Bloch tra Ticino e Italia. LIM Libreria Musicale Italiana, Fidia Edizioni d'Arte, Lucca-Milano 2009.