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Sagno
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Ticino (TI)
District :	Mendrisio district
Circle :	Caneggio County
Municipality :	Breggia
Postal code :	6839
Coordinates :	724300  /  79589 coordinates: 45 ° 51 '24 "  N , 9 ° 2' 20"  O ; CH1903:  724300  /  79589
Height :	693  m above sea level M.
Area :	1.69  km²
Residents:	308 (December 31, 2008)
Population density :	182 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.comunebreggia.ch
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Parish before the merger on October 24, 2009

Sagno was a municipality in the Caneggio district, in the Mendrisio district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

geography

The former municipality of Sagno borders on Italy . The village church is dedicated to Michael (Archangel) and was built in the 18th century by the architect Simone Cantoni on Romanesque foundation walls. Neighboring municipalities are Vacallo and Morbio Inferiore .

history

The village was first mentioned in the years 1296–1299. His then name was Sagnio . 108 objects from the Bronze Age were found here in 1609. Sagno used to belong to the civil jurisdiction of Balerna while maintaining its communal independence.

Fusion in the valley of the Breggia

The merger of the municipalities of Bruzella , Cabbio, Caneggio , Morbio Superiore , Muggio and Sagno to form the municipality of Breggia TI was announced for April 20, 2008 . The municipality of Muggio rejected this merger. However, it was decreed by the Grand Council of the Canton of Ticino, which is why Muggio filed a complaint with the federal court. After Muggio's defeat in federal court, the merger took place on October 25, 2009.

population

Population development
year	1643	1723	1801	1850	1900	1950	1970	2000	2008
Residents	144	157	170	154	194	171	147	238	308

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Breggia

• Parish Church of San Michele and Rectory
• In the cemetery, statue of Vincenzo Vela
• Roman sarcophagus
• Fortresses Sagno-Monte Bisbino

Personalities

• Chiesa family
  • Innocente Chiesa (born August 11, 1817 in Sagno; † December 17, 1894 ibid), decorative painter
  • Francesco Chiesa (1871–1973), lawyer, writer
  • Pietro Chiesa (born July 29, 1876 in Sagno; † March 17, 1959 in Sorengo ), painter, draftsman

• Bartolomeo Ceppi alias Francesco Chiesa (* around 1690 in Sagno; † after 1727 in Waldsassen  ?), Plasterer
• Raffaele Suà (* 1708 in Sagno; † 1766 ibid), set designer
• Antonio Fontana (1784–1865), abbot and pedagogue, general director of the Lombard high schools in Milan
• Carlo Ponti (born November 6, 1820 in Sagno (today the municipality of Breggia ), † November 16, 1893 in Venice ), optician and photographer, official photographer of King Vittorio Emanuele II.
• Erennio Spinelli (born November 16, 1846 in Sagno; † April 20, 1931 ibid), mayor of Sagno, Ticino Grand Councilor , Constitutional Council and National Council
• Teddy Reno , (born 1926), an Italian pop singer and actor
• Gerardo Broggini (1926–2018), lawyer and Romanist
• Rita Pavone (* 1945), Italian pop singer

literature

• Bernhard Other: Guida d'Arte della Svizzera Italiana. Edizioni Trelingue, Porza-Lugano 1980, p. 381.
• Stefania Bianchi: Sagno. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 11, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
• Virgilio Gilardoni : Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, p. 541.
• Giuseppe Martinola : Inventario d'arte del Mendrisiotto. Volume I, Edizioni dello Stato, Bellinzona 1975, pp. 481-489.
• Simona Martinoli u. a .: Sagno. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 481-482.
• Celestino Trezzini : Sagno. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 5, Retornaz - Saint Didier. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1929, p. 785 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

• Data from the municipality of Breggia
• Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Breggia
• Sagno: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
• Sagno on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stefania Bianchi: Sagno. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 11, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c} 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. 481–482.
3. ↑ Fortresses Sagno-Monte Bisbino on forti.ch
4. ↑ Innocente Chiesa. In: Sikart
5. ^ Tapan Bhattacharya: Pietro Chiesa. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 12, 2005 , accessed April 1, 2020 .
6. ^ Matteo Bianchi: Pietro Chiesa. In: Sikart (status: 2004)
7. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Bartolomeo Ceppi. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed March 14, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Raffaele Sua: Raffaele SUA. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2017, accessed August 24, 2017 . 
9. ^ Jean-Marc Yersin, Pascale Bonnard Yersin: Carlo Ponti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 30, 2010 , accessed March 17, 2020 .
10. ↑ Francesca Luisoni: Erennio Spinelli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 20, 2012 , accessed March 16, 2020 .
11. ^ Alberto Lepori, Fabrizio Panzera (ed.): Uomini nostri. Trenta biography di uomini politici. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1989, p. 27.