Rovio

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Rovio
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Ticino (TI)
District :	Lugano district
Circle :	Ceresio district
BFS no. :	5219
Postal code :	6821
Coordinates :	720 094  /  88119 coordinates: 45 ° 56 '2 "  N , 8 ° 59' 13"  O ; CH1903:  720094  /  88119
Height :	497  m above sea level M.
Height range :	355–1700 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.60  km²
Residents:	839 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	150 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.rovio.ch
Location of the municipality

Drone image from Rovio

Oratory of San Vigilio

Rovio , in the alpine Lombard local dialect Roef [ROF] , is a municipality in the county Ceresio , district Lugano , the Swiss canton of Ticino .

geography

The village is 230 meters above Lake Lugano at the foot of Monte Sant'Agata (942 m above sea level), a foothill of Monte Generoso , at around 500 meters above sea level. Neighboring communities on the Swiss side are Arogno , Maroggia , Melano , Castel San Pietro TI and Mendrisio , on the Italian side Alta Valle Intelvi and Centro Valle Intelvi .

history

The place was first attested in 852 ("res illa de Rovi"). It is probably a phytotoponym. Perhaps the name form contains an old plural or a reflex of the locative of the Latin noun rǔbus (Italian rovo ); Rovio would mean "with the blackberries ".

The area was already settled in the Iron and Roman times, which is indicated by various finds. From 1213 it formed its own neighborhood (vicenza), which was subordinate to the Pieve Riva San Vitale . In 1517 Rovio came to the Lugano Bailiwick . In 1798 it joined the short-lived Repubblica di Riva San Vitale .

population

Population development
year	1850	1870	1890	1900	1920	1941	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2017
Residents	384	340	314	375	405	382	450	535	579	673	745	838

economy

Agriculture, cattle breeding and viticulture, but also building and handicrafts were the sources of income for the residents of Rovio for a long time. From 1960 onwards, the community was drawn into the Lugano agglomeration; today (2000) more than three quarters of the working population are commuters.

Attractions

Oratory of San Vigilio, interior view

Frescoes

See also : List of cultural assets in Rovio

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

The following are to be mentioned individually:

• Parish church Santi Vitale e Agata on the village square, restored 1994–1997
• Baroque oratory Santa Maria Assunta, called Gesiola, at the Ala Materna
• Oratory of San Vigilio, from the 13th century
• Oratory of Sant'Agata, on Monte Sant'Agata
• Oratory Madonna della Provvidenza on Monte Generoso, architect: Giacomo Alberti
• trapezoidal prayer chapel with frescoes (first quarter of the 17th century) by the painter Giovanni Carlone
• Palazzo Bagutti, today the town hall, neoclassical palazzo from the 19th century
• Casa Carlone with frescoes by the painter Giovanni Carlone from the years 1695–1700
• Casa Groppi with a bas-relief by the plasterer Domenico Bagutti
• six public fountains, the basins of which are former Roman sarcophagi
• Roman macaw at the Casa Pittaluga dedicated to Jupiter
• old wash fountain

Sports

• Associazione Sportiva Rovio

Personalities

→ Main article : List of personalities from Rovio

literature

• Vanessa Giannò: Rovio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 19, 2009 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
• Virgilio Gilardoni : Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 37, 39, 125, 183-185, 237, 304, 361, 423, 493, 528-540.
• Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History . Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 366-367.
• Mario Redaelli: Il fondo Cora Carloni e Luigia Carloni Groppi. Un contributo alla storia dell'impegno sociale e pedagogico nel Canton Ticino. Edizioni del Comune di Sorengo, Sorengo 2007.
• Celestino Trezzini : Rovio. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5: Retornaz - Saint Didier. Attinger, Neuchâtel 1929, p. 727 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

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

• Rovio on the ETHorama platform
• Official website of the Municipality of Rovio
• Data from the municipality of Rovio
• Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Rovio (Italian)
• Rovio: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
• Rovio on www.artistiticinesi-ineuropa.ch
• Federal inventory ISOS: Rovio (PDF; 6.1 MB)
• Rovio on elexikon.ch

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. ↑ ^{a b} Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 763 f.
3. ↑ Vanessa Gianno: Rovio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 17th November 2010 .
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 j k l} Simona Martinoli u. a .: 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. 366-367.
6. ↑ Parish Church Santi Vitale and Agata on portal.dnb.de (accessed on May 29, 2016.)
7. ↑ Oratorio San Vigilio (PDF; 49 kB)
8. ↑ Oratorio San Vigilio on portal.dnb.de (accessed on May 29, 2016.)
9. ^ Associazione Sportiva Rovio