Vairano

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Ticino (TI)

District :

Locarno district

Circle :

Gambarogno district

Municipality :

Gambarogno

Postal code :

6575

Coordinates :

706 094 / 109839 coordinates: 46 ° 7 '54 " N , 8 ° 48' 41" O ; CH1903: 706,094 / 109839

Height :

392 m above sea level M.

Website:

www.gambarogno.ch

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 1930

Villages of Vairano and Casenzano

Eisenhut Botanical Garden

Vairano was an independent political municipality in the Locarno district , in the canton of Ticino , in Switzerland . In 1930 Vairano merged with the municipality of Casenzano to form the municipality of San Nazzaro , which in turn became part of the municipality of Gambarogno in 2010 .

geography

The village is 335 m above sea level. M. on a terrace 138 m above the left bank of Lake Maggiores and one kilometer south of the San Nazzaro TI station on the Cadenazzo – Luino line of the Swiss Federal Railways .

history

The village of Vairano with Casenzano was a municipality before 1670 and merged with Casenzano in 1929 to form the new municipality of San Nazzaro TI .

population

Population development
year	1591	1920
Residents	40 households	244

Attractions

Oratory of San Rocco (17th century)
Parco botanico (botanical garden) del Gambarogno created by Otto Eisenhut.

Rallies

San Roccos holiday.
In October la castagnata in the village.

Personalities

The Antognini family from Milan came to Vairano in 1730, where they acquired citizenship
- Domenico Antognini (born February 1, 1770 in Vairano (today San Nazzaro TI ), † June 10, 1834 in Locarno ), politician, Ticino Grand Councilor and State Councilor
Aldo Massarotti (* 1922 in Acquarossa ? † September 27, 2016 in Tenero ) (citizen of Campo (Blenio) ), doctor chemist, director of the Laboratorio chimico cantonale in Lugano

literature

Virgilio Gilardoni : Vairano. In: I monumenti d'arte e di storia del Canton Ticino, volume III: L'alto Verbano II. I circoli del Gambarogno e della Navegna. (= The art monuments of Switzerland. Volume 73). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History SKG. Bern 1983, ISBN 3-7643-1500-8 , p. 86.
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Vairano. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , p. 157.
Graziano Tarilli: San Nazzaro. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 12, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
Celestino Trezzini : Vairano. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 7, Ungelt - Villarvolard. Attinger, Neuenburg 1934, p. 185 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Official website of the municipality of Gambarogno
Data from the municipality of Gambarogno
Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Gambarogno (Italian)
Vairano on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

↑ Celestino Trezzini : Vairano. ( Digitized version ).
↑ ^a ^b Simona Martinoli u. a .: 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 , p. 157.
↑ ^a ^b Domenico Antognini on biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz (accessed on May 14, 2017).
^ Fabrizio Panzera: Domenico Antognini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 14, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
↑ Aldo Massarotti on ti.ch/DSS/cartellastampa

[1] Celestino Trezzini : Vairano. ( Digitized version ).

[Martinoli-2] Simona Martinoli u. a .: 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 , p. 157.

[Antognini-3] Domenico Antognini on biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz (accessed on May 14, 2017).

[4] Fabrizio Panzera: Domenico Antognini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 14, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .

[5] Aldo Massarotti on ti.ch/DSS/cartellastampa