Val Colla

Val Colla ; district of Lugano
Coordinates	724 617 / 105889 coordinates: 46 ° 5 '35 " N , 9 ° 3' 0" O ; CH1903: seven hundred and twenty-four thousand six hundred and seventeen / 105889
height	Ø 1100 m
surface	21.75 km²
Residents	682 (Dec. 31, 2015)
Population density	31 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation	Apr 14, 2013
BFS no.	519-2027
Post Code	6959

Parish before the merger on April 13, 2013

Colla village

Val Colla is a district of the city of Lugano , Canton Ticino , Switzerland . It consists of the previously independent municipalities of Bogno , Certara , Cimadera and Valcolla , which were incorporated into Lugano on April 13, 2013 and are all located in the valley called Val Colla .

geography

Today's Lugano district is located at the upper end of the Val Colla at the southern foot of the 2116 m above sea level. M. high Gazzirola. The San Lucio Pass (1541 m above sea level) leads from here to the Italian municipality of Cavargna .

The former political municipality Valcolla (written in one word) bordered Italy and consisted of the districts Colla TI , Cozzo, Curtina, Insone , Maglio di Colla, Molino, Piandera , Scareglia and Signôra .

population

Population development
year	2015	2019
Residents	682	816

Attractions

In the Colla district: Parish Church of Santi Pietro and Paolo and the Oratory of San Lazzaro
in the district of Insone: Oratory of San Rocco
in the district of Scareglia: Oratory Santa Maria della Neve
in the Signôra district: Oratory of San Giuseppe
in the district of Cozzo: Oratory Madonna del Carmine
in the Curtina district: Oratory of San Luigi IX and house with fresco
in the district of Piandera: Oratory Santa Maria Maddalena.
old wooden bridge

Val Colla

Culture

Archivio audiovisivo di Capriasca e Val Colla

literature

Maurizio Cattaneo, Alberto Gandolla: Valcolla. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 18, 2017 , accessed January 7, 2020 .
Maurizio Cattaneo: Valcolla - una valle da scoprire. 2005.
Virgilio Gilardoni : Val Colla. In: Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, p. 579.
Simona Martinoli u. a .: Val Colla. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 382-383.
Celestino Trezzini : Colla. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2: Cavadini - Daegerlen. Attinger, Neuenburg 1924, p. 600 f ( digitized version ).

Web links

Quartier Val Colla (Italian) at www.lugano.ch
Valcolla: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
Val Colla on elexikon.
I sette Patriziati della Val Colla (Italian) at lugano.ch/citta-amministrazione/patriziati (accessed on November 23, 2016).

Individual evidence

↑ Population of Val Colla at the end of 2019 on statistica.lugano.ch/site/demografia/
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 382-383.
↑ Archivio audiovisivo di Capriasca e Val Colla (Italian) on acvc.ch/ (accessed on November 23, 2016).

[1] Population of Val Colla at the end of 2019 on statistica.lugano.ch/site/demografia/

[Martinoli-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Simona Martinoli u. a .: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 382-383.

[3] Archivio audiovisivo di Capriasca e Val Colla (Italian) on acvc.ch/ (accessed on November 23, 2016).