Valcolla
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 Ticino (TI)
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| District : | Lugano district | |
| Circle : | District of Lugano North | |
| Municipality : | Valcolla | |
| Postal code : | 6959 | |
| Coordinates : | 724 928 / 105818 | |
| Height : | 996 m above sea level M. | |
| Residents: | 558 ((2000)) | |
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Valcolla is a village in the municipality of Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino . From 1956 to April 13, 2013, formed a municipality in the county Sonvico , District Lugano .
The districts of Colla, Cozzo, Curtina, Insone, Maglio di Colla, Molino, Piandera, Scareglia and Signôra are on the territory of the former municipality .
geography
Valcolla is at an altitude of 1057 m above sea level. M. in the upper Val Colla , on its right side slope. From the church you have a wonderful view of the whole valley. The place is the starting point for the ascent of the Monte Gazzirola.
history
The village was first mentioned in 1264 as Colla .
The towns of Colla, Signôra , Scareglia , Insone , Piandera , Certara and part of Cimadera formed a neighborhood ( vicinia ) in the Middle Ages , which in the first half of the 15th century had to provide 92 soldiers and war material to the Duke of Milan . Colla has formed its own parish since 1591; the church consecrated to St. Peter is first attested in 1477.
The political municipality of Valcolla was founded in 1956 when the previously independent municipalities of Scareglia, Insone, Piandera and Signôra merged. As a result of the merger of the municipalities of Bogno , Certara , Cimadera and Valcolla, which took place in 2013, the town is now part of the newly formed Lugano district of Val Colla .
population
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| year | 1591 | 1850 | 1900 | 1950 | 1960 | 2000 |
| Residents | 619 | 1167 | 1765 | 1131 | 532 | 558 |
Attractions
- Parish church of Santi Pietro e Paolo in the Colla district
- Oratory of San Lazzaro in the Colla district
- Oratory of San Luigi di Francia in the Curtina district
- Oratory Madonna del Carmine in the district of Cozzo
literature
- Maurizio Cattaneo, Alberto Gandolla: Valcolla. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 18, 2017 , accessed January 9, 2020 .
- Simona Martinoli u. a .: Valcolla. In: 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 .
- Celestino Trezzini : Colla. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 2: Cavadini - Daegerlen. Attinger, Neuchâtel 1921, p. 600 f.
Web link
- Ufficio di statistica del Cantone Ticino: Valcolla
- Local civil parish of Colla
- Colla on elexikon.ch.
- Colla: inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino