Schignano

Schignano
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Como (CO)
Local name	Schignan
Coordinates	45 ° 56 ' N , 9 ° 6' E Coordinates: 45 ° 56 '0 " N , 9 ° 6' 3" E
height	650 m slm
surface	10.12 km²
Residents	870 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	86 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	22020
prefix	031
ISTAT number	013211
Popular name	Schignanesi
Patron saint	John the Baptist ( June 24th )
Website	Schignano

The municipality of Schgnano in the province of Como

View of Schignano with Monte Comana in the background

Lake Como and Monte San Zeno

Schignano is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 870 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in Val d'Intelvi in the province of Como in Lombardy .

geography

The municipality is located about 12.5 kilometers north-northeast of Como in the Val d'Intelvi on the Swiss border with the canton of Ticino . A few kilometers to the east is Lake Como . The highest point of the municipality is on Sasso Gordona at 1,410 m above sea level. M height.

The municipality includes different fractions Almanno , Molobio , Occagno , Ovrascio , Posa , Perla , Retegno , Vesbio and is located in a basin surrounded by the mountains: Gringo , Monte Comana , Treviglio , Pizzo della Croce (the highest at 1,491 m above sea level. M.), and Monte San Zeno . Neighboring municipalities are Argegno , Brienno , Breggia (CH-TI), Carate Urio , Centro Valle Intelvi , Cerano d'Intelvi , Dizzasco and Moltrasio .

history

A sword with a scabbard was found in the community. The iron of the sword can be dated to 120 BC. Chr. Are dated around, today it is in the Archaeological Museum Paolo Giovio visit of Como.

Parish partnership

France Saint-Amé , Département Vosges (since 1988) and with Cermenate .

Attractions

San Giovanni Battista Church
Santa Maria Assunta Church
Oratory of San Giuseppe

Personalities

Antonio Peduzzi (* around 1675 in Bologna ; † March 4, 1735 in Vienna ), (place of origin Schignano), painter, architect, engineer, theater architect, imperial court architect, imperial engineer
Giuseppe Peduzzi (* around 1725 in Schignano; mentioned 1760/1785, † in the city of Gatchina ), master builder. He directed the construction work for the Gatchina Castle , which was designed by Antonio Rinaldi . From 1772 Felice Lamoni from Muzzano TI was also busy with stucco work (White Hall).

literature

Cesara Giobbi Zanotta: Schignano Intelvi. 1964, pp. 30-32.
Marco Lazzati: La Valle Intelvi, le origini, la storia, l'arte, il paesaggio, gli artisti comacini. Milan 1986.
Andrea Spiriti, Maria Cristina Terzaghi, Giovanna Virgilio: Guide della Provincia di Como. Because Cernobbio alla Valle Intelvi. Como 1997.