Russo TI

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TI is the abbreviation for the canton of Ticino in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Russof .
Russo
Coat of arms of Russo
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Locarno districtw
Circle : Onsernone County
Municipality : Onsernonei2
Postal code : 6662
Coordinates : 691 373  /  117408 coordinates: 46 ° 12 '7 "  N , 8 ° 37' 21"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and ninety-one thousand three hundred and seventy-three  /  117408
Height : 801  m above sea level M.
Residents: 136 (December 31, 1990)
Website: www.onsernone.swiss
Russo TI

Russo TI

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Russo TI (Switzerland)
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 1995

Russo is a village in the municipality of Onsernone , Locarno district , in the Swiss canton of Ticino . It formed its own political municipality until December 31, 1994 and then merged with Comologno and Crana to form the municipality of Onsernone.

geography

The village lies at 801 m above sea level. M. in the middle of the Onsernone Valley , where the Valle di Vergeletto branches off northwards.

history

Russo was first mentioned as de Ruxi in 1231 and as Rusio in 1277 .

The parish was probably formed around 1656 after it was separated from Loco . The parishes of Comologno (1715), Vergeletto (1757) and Crana (1787) were added later. Up until the middle of the 20th century, agriculture and livestock were the main sources of income. After the number of residents had decreased steadily over decades, especially after the Second World War, it has increased slightly since the 1970s. The reason is the improved infrastructure (cantonal road).

population

Population development
year 1795 1808 1850 1900 1950 1970 1990
Residents 206 239 302 248 121 84 136

Attractions

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

  • Parish church of Santa Maria Assunta, 17th century, with a bell tower made of exposed brickwork
  • Casa Bezzola (mid-18th century) with an arcade

  • Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta, 17th century

  • Prayer chapel in front of the parish church

  • Village center with the parish church and Casa Bezzola with post office and restaurant

Culture

  • Pro Onsernone

Personalities

  • Evaristo Garbani-Nerini (1867–1944), lawyer, politician, director of the Universal Postal Union in Bern
  • Carlo Florindo Semini (born November 16, 1914 in Russo; † June 10, 2004 in Lugano ), musician, composer and music critic
  • Bixio Candolfi (born November 24, 1919 in Locarno ; † December 6, 2018 in Russo), language teacher at the Chiasso business school , employee of the radio in Italian-speaking Switzerland, translator, author of documentary programs and radio plays, producer

literature

Web links

Commons : Russo (Onsernone)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Vasco Gamboni: Russo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 7, 2010 , accessed July 6, 2019 .
  2. ^ Vasco Gamboni: Russo. 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 Simona Martinoli and others: 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 , pp. 225-226.
  5. ^ A b Elfi Rüsch: Distretto di Locarno IV. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History. Bern 2013, ISBN 978-3-03797-084-3 , pp. 358-370.
  6. ↑ Pro Onsernone on portal.dnb.de (accessed on March 18, 2017).
  7. ↑ Olivier Bosia: Semini, Carlo Florindo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2011-11.22 .
  8. ↑ Carlo Florindo Semini (Italian) on ricercamusica.ch/dizionario/ (accessed on 28 December 2017.)
  9. ↑ Pasquale Genasci: Bixio Candolfi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 26, 2003 , accessed May 4, 2020 .