Santa Domenica GR

GR is the abbreviation for the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Santa Domenica .

Santa Domenica
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Graubünden (GR)
Region :	Moesa
Political community :	Rossa
Postal code :	6548
Coordinates :	729 644  /  134771 coordinates: 46 ° 21 '6 "  N , 9 ° 7' 23"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred forty-four  /  134771
Height :	1035  m above sea level M.
Residents:	23 ((1980))
Website:	www.rossa.ch
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Parish before the merger on January 1, 1982

Santa Domenica was an independent municipality in the former District Moesa , Kanton Graubünden in Switzerland .

geography

The village lies at an altitude of 1035 m above sea level. M. at the east foot of Piz da Termin (2903 m above sea level) and on the right bank of the Calancasca; two and a half kilometers south of Rossa and 25 kilometers north of the Bellinzona station of the Swiss Federal Railways .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1414. Until 1796, Santa Domenica belonged to the municipality of Calanca, from 1796–1851 to the Inner Calanca; In 1851 the village became independent.

Community merger

In 1982 Santa Domenica and the formerly independent municipality of Augio merged with the municipality of Rossa to form the new political municipality of Rossa .

population

Population development
year	1733	1808	1850	1900	1950	1980
Residents	191	280	102	110	41	23

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Rossa

• Catholic parish church of Santa Domenica and ossuary. The parish church is one of the most important baroque churches in Graubünden; it was built from 1664 to 1672 by the architect Giovanni Serro on a previous building from 1414 and is richly decorated with frescoes by Francesco Antonio Giorgioli .

literature

• Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 520-521.
• Erwin Poeschel : The Art Monuments of the Canton of Graubünden, Volume VI: The Italian Graubünden valleys of Puschlav, Misox and Calanca. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 17). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1945, ISBN 978-3-906131-55-9 .
• Balser Puorger : Santa Domenica. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 6, Saint Gelin - Schaffer. Attinger, Neuenburg 1921, p. 80. 81 ( digitized version ).
• Cesare Santi: Santa Domenica. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 13, 2011 .
• Various authors: Santa Domenica. In: Storia dei Grigioni , 3 volumes, Collana "Storia dei Grigioni", Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2000.

Web links

Commons : Rossa, Switzerland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Internet presence of the municipality of Rossa
• Santa Domenica on propatria.ch (accessed on: March 5, 2018.)
• Santa Domenica on elexikon.ch.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cesare Santi: Santa Domenica. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 13, 2011 .
2. ^ Parish church of Santa Domenica and ossuary