Saltrio

Saltrio
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Varese  (VA)
Local name	Saltrì
Coordinates	45 ° 52 '  N , 8 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 52 '0 "  N , 8 ° 55' 30"  E
height	543  m slm
surface	3.47 km²
Residents	3,083 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	888 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	21050
prefix	0332
ISTAT number	012117
Popular name	saltriesi
Patron saint	Gervasius and Protasius ( June 19 )
Website	Saltrio

Saltrio municipality in the province of Varese

Parish hall

The church of Santi Gervasio e Protasio

Road to Viggiù in Saltrio

Saltrio is a municipality ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .

geography

The municipality covers an area of ​​3.47 km² and is located about 11 kilometers northeast of Varese on the border with Switzerland ; which is part of the Comunità Montana del Piambello . The Giessbach Ripartino flows through the municipality . The neighboring communities are Clivio , Mendrisio (CH-TI) and Viggiù .

history

The Saltriosaurus is named after the community (although the name is not recognized). 1,996 fossils have this theropod from the Sinemurian that the Allosaurus , found similar in a quarry near the village.

population

Population development
year	1591	1751	1805	1853	1871	1881	1901	1921	1951	1971	1991	2001	2011	2017	2018
Residents	220	303	360	* 636	794	919	1033	906	957	2292	2925	2857	3013	3041	3069

• 1809 merger with Viggiù
• 1827 Merger with Viggiù

Attractions

• Parish Church of Santi Gervasio e Protasio
• San Giorgio Church
• Prayer Chapel Santissima Trinità
• Palazzo Marinoni (16th century), municipal library.

Personalities

• Battista da Saltrio (* around 1480 in Saltrio; † after 1536 there?), Son of Filippo, sculptor in Rome and in Busto Arsizio .
• Giovanni Battista Bianchi (* around 1520 in Saltrio; † December 14 in Rome), an Italian sculptor, restorer in Rome
• Battista Rusconi (* around 1540 in Saltrio, † after 1591 in Rome), sculptor in Rome.
• Marsilio Sant'Elia (* around 1720 in Saltrio; † after 1773 there), sculptor in Ponte Capriasca , Lugano . Bellinzona .
• Marchesi family of artists
  • Pompeo Marchesi (* 1698 in Saltrio; † 1714 ibid), sculptor in Sizzano and Asti .
  • Carlo Girolano Marchesi (born March 8, 1760 in Saltrio; † April 3, 1830 ibid), sculptor in Milan and Lugano.
  • Pompeo Marchesi (born August 7, 1789 in Saltrio, † February 6, 1858 in Milan), an Italian sculptor and lecturer in the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera , student of Antonio Canova
  • Luigi Marchesi (born April 6, 1799 in Saltrio; † December 28, 1874 there), younger brother of Pompeo Marchesi, sculptor in Milan, Como , Lugano, Saltrio.

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 210.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , books.google.ch in Italian

Web links

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

• Saltrio (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it
• Saltrio (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
• Saltrio (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va
• Saltrio (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Battista da Saltrio's works (Italian) on virgilio.it/fercova
3. ↑ Bianchi, Giovanni Battista . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 583 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
4. ^ Giovanni Battista Bianchi's works (Italian) on virgilio.it/fercova
5. ↑ Battista Rusconis works (Italian) on virgilio.it/fercova
6. ^ Marsilio Sant'Elias Werke (Italian) on virgilio.it/fercova
7. ^ Pompeo Marchesi's works (Italian) on virgilio.it/fercova
8. ↑ Carlo Girolamo Marchesis works (Italian) on virgilio.it/fercova
9. ^ Pompeo Marchesi's works (Italian) on virgilio.it/fercova
10. ↑ Luigi Marchesi's works (Italian) on virgilio.it/fercova