Roveredo Capriasca

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Lugano district

Circle :

Capriasca district

Municipality :

Capriasca

Postal code :

6950

Coordinates :

719 653 / 103659 coordinates: 46 ° 4 '26 " N , 8 ° 59' 7" O ; CH1903: 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

map

Parish before the merger on October 15, 2001

View of Lugano from Monti di Roveredo

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

Aerial photo (1946)

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
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

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.

[1] Francesca Corti: Roveredo (TI). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 29, 2010 .

[Martinoli-2] ↑ ^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.

[3] Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni , Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 2013, p. 55.

[4] Archivio audiovisivo di Capriasca e Val Colla (ACVC)

[5] Centro Cristallo in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 28, 2016.)

[6] Eliana Perotti: Luigi Canonica. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 23, 2003 .

[7] Luigi Canonica in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 28, 2016.)

[8] Luigi Canonica (Italian) at ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti (accessed on October 31, 2016).

[9] Helga M. Craubner: Ernest Bloch ,. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 3rd July 2014 .

[10] Carlo Piccardi: L'occhio del compositore - Ernest Bloch tra Ticino e Italia. LIM Libreria Musicale Italiana, Fidia Edizioni d'Arte, Lucca-Milano 2009.