Torricella tavern

Torricella tavern

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District :	Lugano districtw
Circle :	Circle tavern
BFS no. :	5227i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	6808
UN / LOCODE :	CH TVR (tavern)
Coordinates :	714 362 / 102759 coordinates: 46 ° 4 '0 " N , 8 ° 55' 0" O ; CH1903: seven hundred and fourteen thousand three hundred and sixty-two / 10275946.066662 8.916665 427
Height :	427 m above sea level M.
Height range :	329–1742 m above sea level M.
Area :	5.25 km²
Residents:	3087 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	588 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.torricella-taverne.ch
Taverne-Toricella station
Location of the municipality
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Torricella Tavern Station

Torricella-Taverne (also called Taverne-Torricella , in particular because of the so-called station on the Gotthard Railway ) is a political municipality in the Taverne district , in the Lugano district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland and consists of "Taverne superiore", "Taverne inferiore", the hamlet of il Motto and Torricella .

Torricella tavern as seen from the hill of San Zeno

geography

The municipality consists of the two settlements Taverne and Torricella (with the hamlet Il Motto) and is located on the right bank of the Vedeggio south of the Monte Barro.

history

Aerial photo (1964)

The village was first mentioned in a document as 1254 Torexella . There are various grave finds from prehistoric, Roman and early medieval times. The expression ad clausas Carvine in a document from 1354 suggests the presence of a fortification in the tavern, which in the early Middle Ages probably formed the northern limit of the possessions of the royal court of Agnuzzo. A castle used to stand on a long rocky hill, from which remains of the tower, the cistern and the curtain wall have been preserved. Despite the sparse tradition, it may have belonged to the Rusca family , who owned numerous estates in the area in the 13th and 14th centuries.

population

Population development
year	1591	1626	1801	1930	1970	1980	1990	2000	2002	2010	2012	2014	2016
Residents	500	330	150	610	1067	1612	2317	2704	2843	2969	3071	3071	3066

Attractions

Parish church of Santi Maurizio and Biagio in the district of "Torricella"
Trefogli Castle
Castle ruins on Monte Barro
Castelletto castle ruins
Ancient fortifications
The Vedeggio Dam Museum

Ventures

Swiss Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Sports

Associazione Calcio Tavern

Personalities

literature

Rinaldo Caddeo: Antonio Albrizzi da Torricella nella vigilia della rivoluzione del 1798. In: Rivista storica ticinese. Number February 1, 1938, Istituto Editoriale Ticinese, Bellinzona 1938.
Giuseppe Chiesi, Fernando Zappa: Terre della Carvina. Storia e tradizioni dell'Alto Vedeggio. Armando Dadò, Locarno 1991.
Bernardino Croci Maspoli: Torricella tavern. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 14, 2017 , accessed December 30, 2019 .
Virgilio Gilardoni , Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, (Taverne) pp. 187, 229, 460, (Torricella) pp. 574-575.
Raimondo Locatelli, Adriano Morandi, Peppino Manzoni, Giorgio Conti: Homines loci Torrexelle et Tabernarum. Publisher Patriziato e Comune di Torricella-Taverne, Torricella-Taverne 2010.
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 281-283.
Fabrizio Panzera (ed.): Piano del Vedeggio. Dalla strada Regina all'Aeroporto. Salvioni, Bellinzona 2008.
Celestino Trezzini : Torricella. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 7, Tinguely - Hungary. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1934, pp. 27, 28 ( digitized version ); same: tavern. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, Volume 6, Stegemann - Tenero. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1931, pp. 644, 645 ( digitized version ).