Tovo di Sant'Agata

Tovo di Sant'Agata
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Sondrio  (SO)
Coordinates	46 ° 15 ′  N , 10 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  E
height	531  m slm
surface	11 km²
Residents	647 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	59 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	23030
prefix	0342
ISTAT number	014068
Popular name	tovaschi
Patron saint	Agatha of Catania ( February 5th )
Website	Tovo di Sant'Agata

Municipality of Tovo di Sant'Agata in the province of Sondrio

Tovo di Sant'Agata, panorama

Parish Church of Tovo di Sant'Agata

Tovo di Sant'Agata is a municipality in the province of Sondrio in Lombardy , Italy .

geography

The place has 647 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) on 11 km² and is close to the border with the canton of Graubünden , Switzerland . The neighboring municipalities are Edolo ( BS ), Lovero , Mazzo di Valtellina , Monno (BS) and Vervio .

Population development

Others

From Tovo di Sant'Agata begins an ascent of the Mortirolo Pass only faced once during Giro d'Italia 2012 . The slope is particularly hard with a gravel cemented section but more irregular than the classic side up from Mazzo di Valtellina .

Attractions

• Oratory of Santi Ippolito e Cassiano with frescoes by Cipriano Valorsa.
• Above the village, a path climbs to the Bellaguarda Castle, formerly owned by the noble Venosta, with a tower from 1226.
• Further on you can see the tower of Pedenalée with Ghibelline battlements.

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 391.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Tovo di Sant'Agata Online
• Tovo di Sant'Agata on tuttitalia.it/lombardia

Web links

Commons : Tovo di Sant'Agata  - collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.