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Vaglio
Vaglio coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Lugano districtw
Circle : Capriasca district
Municipality : Capriascai2
Postal code : 6950
Coordinates : 717.51 thousand  /  102194 coordinates: 46 ° 3 '40 "  N , 8 ° 57' 26"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred seventeen thousand five hundred and ten  /  102194
Height : 549  m above sea level M.
Area : 3.15  km²
Residents: 496 (December 31, 2000)
Population density : 157 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.capriasca.ch
In front Sala Capriasca, in the back Vaglio

In front Sala Capriasca, in the back Vaglio
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Vaglio TI (Switzerland)
Vaglio TI
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Parish before the merger on October 15, 2001

Vaglio is a former political municipality in the district of Capriasca , in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland .

geography

Aerial photo (1964)

The village is at 550 m above sea level. M. on the chestnut-covered ridge between the Val Cassarate and the small Lago d'Origlio; four kilometers northwest of the Taverne station on the Bellinzona - Lugano - Chiasso line of the Swiss Federal Railways .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1241 under the then name Valio, Vallio . The village had to provide 12 soldiers to the Duke of Milan in the first half of the 15th century .

Near the church of San Clemente (mentioned in the 12th century) you can see the remains of an old tower and the hamlet of Redde , which has disappeared and enjoyed a certain economic independence in 1335.

Community merger

On October 15, 2001, Vaglio merged with Campestro and the Odogno, Cagiallo , Lopagno , Roveredo Capriasca , Sala Capriasca and Tesserete fraction to form the new municipality of Capriasca .

population

Population development
year 1574 1638 1779 1850 1900 1930 1950 2000
Residents 260 214 230 236 220 225 210 496

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Santi Antonio di Padova, Giacomo e Filippo, 1916, architect Ernesto Quadri
  • Oratorio Madonna di Casletto, first mentioned in 1577, preserves the fresco Madonna in trono by the painter Rocco da Seregno (1514)
  • Oratory San Clemente in the Redde district, first mentioned in the 12th century, renovated in 1772/1773, restored in 2011, preserves the two frescoes Madonna del Buon Consiglio with Popes Clemente and Lino and Padre Eterno e gli Evangelisti
  • Medieval residential tower Torre di Redde , first mentioned in 1310, restored in 1998/1999 (architect Ivo Trümpy )
  • Shell stone (marker stone) in the Preda piatta di sotto district on the border of the former municipalities of Comano TI and Origlio (620 m above sea level)

Personalities

  • Antonietta Airoldi (born September 21, 1951 in Capriasca), art weaver

photos

  • Parish Church of Santi Antonio da Padova, Giacomo e Filippo

  • Oratorio Madonna di Casletto

  • Oratory of San Clemente in Redde

  • Oratory of San Clemente in Redde

  • Tower of Redde

  • Remnants of Redde's houses

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eva Camenisch Luisoni: Vaglio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 16, 2012 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 374.
  3. ^ Parish Church of Santi Antonio da Padova, Giacomo e Filippo
  4. ^ Franco Binda: Il mistero delle incisioni. Armando Dadò editore, Locarno 2013, page 100.
  5. ^ Antonietta Airoldi. In: Sikart