San Giacomo Filippo

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San Giacomo Filippo
coat of arms
San Giacomo Filippo (Italy)
San Giacomo Filippo
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Sondrio  (SO)
Coordinates 46 ° 20 '  N , 9 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 20 '0 "  N , 9 ° 22' 0"  E
height 679  m slm
surface 62 km²
Residents 354 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 6 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 23030
prefix 0343
ISTAT number 014058
Popular name Filippesi
Patron saint San Giacomo and San Filippo ( May 3rd )
Website San Giacomo Filippo
San Giacomo Filippo municipality in the province of Sondrio

San Giacomo Filippo is a village on the Liro in the Valle San Giacomo in the province of Sondrio in Lombardy , Italy . It has 354 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) on 62 km².

Sanctuary of Gallivaggio
Church of San Giacomo, 12th century

geography

San Giacomo Filippo is on the border with the Swiss canton of Graubünden ; the municipality includes the fractions Drogo, Gallivaggio, Sommarovina, Voh, Val d'Avero. The neighboring communities are Campodolcino , Chiavenna , Gordona , Mese , Mesocco (CH-GR), Piuro and Soazza (CH-GR).

The area of ​​the municipality extends in the west up to Pizzo Tambo ( 3279  m slm ) on the main Alpine ridge , which also marks the border with Switzerland here.

Attractions

  • Sanctuary of the Madonna della Misericordia di Gallivaggio. The Sanctuary of Gallivaggio was built to commemorate the apparition of the Virgin Mary, in which the Virgin Mary appeared to two girls on October 10, 1492 while they were collecting chestnuts. After the landslide of May 29, 2018, the main works of art in the sanctuary will be moved to a safe place where the work is expected to end. In the interior frescoes (1605) by Domenico Caresana from are Cureglia , a painting Crocifisso e Santi by Cesare Ligari (1739), a painting Madonna Incoronata dalla Holy Trinity of Paolo Camillo Landriani (1606) and small gilded sculpture Madonna and Child with two girls on the high altar.
  • Parish church of Santi Giacomo e Filippo with two beautiful gilded and painted carved wooden paintings (18th century) and frescoes by Giovan Battista Macolino (1644) and Antonio Caracciolo (1700).
  • Pilgrimage church of San Guglielmo di Orenga (or Orezia) (1613), hermit who lived in the XIII century and died in 1290, located on the right bank of the Giessbach Liro in the district of Olmo. It keeps frescoes Storuie di San Guglielmo by Giovan Battista Macolino and Antonio Caracciolo.
  • Beautiful panoramic fraction of San Bernardo ai Monti .

literature

Web links

Commons : San Giacomo Filippo  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ Adriano Caprioli, Antonio Rimoldi, Luciano Vaccaro: Diocesi di Como. Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 1986, pp. 199, 207, 211, 235, 236.