Sala Capriasca

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Lugano district

Circle :

Capriasca district

Municipality :

Capriasca

Postal code :

6954

Coordinates :

717 381 / 102764 coordinates: 46 ° 3 '58 " N , 8 ° 57' 20" O ; CH1903: 717,381 / 102764

Height :

548 m above sea level M.

Area :

8.4 km²

Residents:

1179 (December 31, 2000)

Population density :

140 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.capriasca.ch

map

Parish before the merger on October 15, 2001

Sala Capriasca and Vaglio

Parish Church of Sant'Antonio abate

Romanesque bell tower of the parish church

Sala Capriasca (1964) with Tesseret in the background

Bigorio Capuchin Monastery (1950)

Sala Capriasca is a village and a former political municipality in the Capriasca district , in the Lugano district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

geography

The village is at 550 m above sea level. M. on the heights between the Val Capriasca and the Vedeggiothal ; two and a half kilometers east of the Taverne station on the Bellinzona - Lugano - Chiasso line of the Swiss Federal Railways .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1078 under the then name Sale . In the first half of the 15th century, it had to provide the Duke of Milan with 51 soldiers and numerous war materials. In October 1413 Emperor Sigismund signed an agreement with Duke Filippo Maria Visconti of Milan in the Sala plain . In December 1478 the Swiss took the place, killed two residents and set the village on fire on December 9th. At that time it was attached. In 1484 it suffered from the plague.

Community merger

On October 15, 2001, Sala Capriasca was merged with Tesserete , Campestro and the district "Odogno", Cagiallo , Lopagno , Roveredo Capriasca and Vaglio to form the new municipality of Capriasca .

population

Population development
year	1574	1638	1778	1850	1900	1920	1950	2000
Residents	391	505	556	549	578	568	549	1179

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 Sant'Antonio abate first mentioned in the 12th century
Oratorio Santi Bernardino e Valentino
Bigorio Capuchin Monastery and Museum del Bigorio
Santa Maria Assunta Church
Monastery museum with the painting Madonna and Child
Chapels of the Cross (1979) with works of art by various artists: Max Läubli , Carlo Manini , Gianni Paris , Roberto Pasotti , Alberto Salvioni , Pierino Selmoni , Giancarlo Tamagni and Pietro Travaglini
Fountain of St. Lucia by Carlo Martino Moncrini built in 1770
Bianchi house, architects: Emilio Bernegger , Edy Quaglia (1995/1996)
Single-family house, architect: Francesco A. van Kuyk (1972)
Two-family house Matter (1978/1979), architect: Martin Wagner (* 1947)
Residential house Pia, Antonio and Mario Chiattone (holiday home PAM) (1932) in the district of Condra, architect: Mario Chiattone , in the district of Condra.

Others

Schalenstein in the district of Lelgio on the border of Cagiallo (740 m above sea level)
Shell stone in the district of Bigorio-Parco Villa Cerutti (650 m above sea level)
and another 24 cup stones

Personalities

literature

Edoardo Agustoni, Ivano Proserpi, Il Santuario di Santa Maria dei Miracoli e il suo apparato decorativo. In: Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Morbio Inferiore: arte, storia, messaggio. Morbio Inferiore 2003, pp. 45-84.
Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 2013, ISBN 978-88-8281-353-6 .
Francesca Corti: Sala Capriasca. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 16, 2010 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
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 , pp. 374-375.
Celestino Trezzini : Sala Capriasca. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 6, Saint_Gelin - Schaffe. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1931, p. 11 ( 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)
Sala Capriasca: inventory of cultural assets in the Canton of Ticino
Federal inventory ISOS: Sala Capriasca (PDF; 4.0 MB)
Federal inventory ISOS: Monastery of Santa Maria del Bigorio (PDF; 3.3 MB)
Sala Capriasca on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

↑ Francesca Corti: Sala Capriasca. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 16, 2010 .
↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 374-375.
^ Museo del Bigorio
^ Museo del Bigorio
↑ Monastery Museum
^ Pier Giorgio Gerosa: La casa PAM di Mario Chiattone a Condra. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 834, Series 84). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2008, ISBN 978-3-85782-834-8 .
^ Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni , Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, pp. 58–59.
^ Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni 2013, pp. 56-57.

[1] Francesca Corti: Sala Capriasca. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 16, 2010 .

[2] List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.

[Martinoli-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 374-375.

[4] Museo del Bigorio

[5] Museo del Bigorio

[6] Monastery Museum

[7] Pier Giorgio Gerosa: La casa PAM di Mario Chiattone a Condra. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 834, Series 84). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2008, ISBN 978-3-85782-834-8 .

[8] Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni , Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, pp. 58–59.

[9] Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni 2013, pp. 56-57.