Vacallo

Vacallo
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Ticino (TI)
District :	Mendrisio district
Circle :	Caneggio County
BFS no. :	5268
Postal code :	6833
Coordinates :	724 117  /  78767 coordinates: 45 ° 50 '57 "  N , 9 ° 2' 11"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred and twenty-four thousand one hundred and seventeen  /  78767
Height :	367  m above sea level M.
Height range :	221–890 m above sea level M.
Area :	1.63  km²
Residents:	3398 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	2085 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.vacallo.ch
Village square in Vacallo
Location of the municipality

Vacallo

Parish Church of Santi Simone and Giuda Taddeo

Santa Croce Church

Vacallos landscape

Maslianico-Roggiana border

Vacallo is a municipality in the Caneggio district in the Mendrisio district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland on the border with Italy.

history

Vacallo was first mentioned in 1202. It initially belonged to the municipality of Balerna , but split off in 1573 with the establishment of its own parish. The chapel or church of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo (Apostles Simon Zelotes and Jude Thaddäus ) is mentioned in this context . The baroque church of the Holy Cross was only built around an existing chapel in the 17th century.

Vacallo has always been characterized by agriculture. The wine-growing , in Switzerland Rebbau called the cultivation of tobacco and the use of mulberry trees played an important role, which is reflected in the coat of arms. The blazon shows three vines and the initial V for Vacallo, which symbolize the three places Pizzamiglio, Roggiana and San Simon. In earlier times the masonry and plaster handicraft were of great importance. Many young, sought-after craftsmen from Vacallo emigrated to work in other cantons. In 1850 Vacallo had 550 inhabitants, in 1950 there were 1434 and now there are over 3000 inhabitants. Today Vacallo is a pure place of residence in the agglomeration in the greater Chiasso area .

On November 25, 2007, a merger project in the municipalities of Chiasso , Morbio Inferiore and Vacallo failed .

geography

Vacallo is located in the east of the Mendrisiotto north of Chiasso, on the north bank of the Breggia river , at the foot of Monte Bisbino . The municipality consists of the fractions Pizzamiglio, Roggiana, San Simone, Vacallo and Vacallo Alta and borders in the north with Breggia , in the northeast with Cernobbio ( CO , Italy ), in the east with Maslianico ( CO , Italy), in the southeast with Como ( CO , Italy), to the south by Chiasso , and to the west by Morbio Inferiore .

population

Population development
year	1599	1643	1723	1769	1801	1850	1900	1950	2000	2010	2012	2016
Residents	240	279	271	314	285	550	923	1434	2758	3047	3112	3407

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Vacallo

• Parish Church of Santi Simone and Giuda Taddeo
• Santa Croce Church
• Rectory
• Casa Puccini

Culture

• Catholic parish
• Evangelical Reformed Church
• Corale Santa Croce
• Coro Parrocchiale di San Simone
• Gruppo Teatrale Compagnia "I Matiröö"
• Associazione Amici del Teatro del Tempo
• Movimento Ars Dei

Events

• Polenta e merluzz ( Hake ) on Aschermittwoch
• Carnival of Furchitt
• Tortelli ( ravioli ) di San Giuseppe on Father's Day

Sports

• Società Atletica Vacallo (SAV)
• Relay race SAV
• Sports run to Alpe Cavazza (end of May).
• Tennis Club Vacallo

Personalities

• Giovanni Antonio Piotti (* around 1547 in Vacallo; † around 1598 ibid), architect

• Artist family Lironi
  • Giampietro Lironi (* 1624 in Vacallo; † 1692 in Como ), sculptor, plasterer
  • Giovan Pietro Lironi (born April 20, 1638 in Vacallo, † 1692 in Como), sculptor, plasterer
  • Giuseppe Lironi (* around 1691 in Vacallo; † September 11, 1746 in Rome), sculptor

• Luigi Pagani called Mattirolo (* May 12, 1813 in Vacallo; † December 10, 1902 ibid), bricklayer, politician and robber refugee in Argentina
• Pietro Bernasconi (1826–1912), sculptor
• Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), composer
• Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), composer

• Noseda family
  • Alfredo Noseda (born April 22, 1869 in Vacallo; † February 4, 1955 in Morbio Inferiore ), priest, vicar general of the diocese of Lugano, apostolic administrator of the diocese of Lugano
  • Giorgio Noseda (* 1938 in Mendrisio), doctor, politician, Grand Councilor from Ticino
  • John Noseda (* 1948 in Mendrisio), Lawyer, Attorney General of the Canton of Ticino (2010)

• Francesco Rusca (born October 4, 1875 in Basel , † February 27, 1956 in Vacallo), free thinker , Ticino Grand Councilor, National Councilor
• Serge Brignoni (1903–2002), painter, sculptor and draftsman
• Rainero Ronchetti (born November 21, 1941 in Vacallo), painter, etcher
• Piera Zürcher (born April 14, 1948 in Vacallo), painter, architectural draftsman

literature

• Stefania Bianchi: Vacallo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 2, 2011 , accessed December 29, 2019 .
• Virgilio Gilardoni : Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 435, 475, 576-577.
• Giuseppe Martinola : Inventario d'Arte del Mendrisiotto. Volume I, Edizioni dello Stato, Bellinzona 1975, pp. 547-555.
• Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007.
• Celestino Trezzini : Vacallo. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 7, Ungelt - Villarvolard , Attinger, Neuenburg 1934, p. 184 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Vacallo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality of Vacallo
• Data from the municipality of Vacallo
• Vacallo , Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino (Italian)
• Vacallo , inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
• Vacallo on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Stefania Bianchi: Vacallo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 13, 2013 . Retrieved November 19, 2015.
3. ↑ Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Retrieved November 19, 2015.
4. ↑ Andrea Stephani: La storia di Vacallo . 2011, in: vacallo.ch , accessed on March 28, 2016 (Italian).
5. ↑ Stefania Bianchi: Vacallo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2013 .
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Published by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 469-470.
7. ↑ Catholic parish
8. ^ Evangelical Reformed Church
9. ^ Corale Santa Croce
10. ^ Coro Parrocchiale di San Simone
11. ↑ Gruppo Teatrale Compagnia "I Matiröö"
12. ^ Associazione Amici del Teatro del Tempo
13. ↑ Movimento Ars Dei on arsdei.org
14. ^ Società Atletica Vacallo
15. ↑ Tennis Club Vacallo
16. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Giovanni Antonio Piotti. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2016, accessed April 3, 2016 . 
17. ↑ Lironi Giampietro. In: Sikart , accessed January 27, 2016.
18. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Giovan Pietro Lironi. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed March 25, 2016 . 
19. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Giuseppe Lironi. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2016, accessed November 13, 2016 . 
20. ^ Pablo Crivelli: Luigi Pagani. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 15, 2009 , accessed April 13, 2020 .
21. ^ Pietro Bernasconi. In: Sikart
22. ^ Gregor Jäggi: Alfredo Noseda. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 9, 2010 , accessed January 13, 2020 .
23. ^ Alberto Lepori, Fabrizio Panzera (ed.): Uomini nostri. Trenta biography di uomini politici. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1989, p. 23.
24. ^ Giorgio Noseda in the Ticino Grand Council
25. ^ John Noseda in the Ticino Grand Council
26. ↑ John Noseda Attorney General
27. ↑ Pasquale Genasci: Francesco Rusca. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 9, 2009 , accessed December 19, 2019 .
28. ↑ Rainero Ronchetti. In: Sikart , accessed January 12, 2016.
29. ↑ Piera Zürcher on sikart.ch