Valsolda

Valsolda
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Como (CO)
Coordinates	46 ° 2 ' N , 9 ° 3' E Coordinates: 46 ° 1 '30 " N , 9 ° 3' 10" E
height	275 m slm
surface	31 km²
Residents	1,499 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	48 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	22010
prefix	0344
ISTAT number	013234
Popular name	valsoldesi
Patron saint	Rochus de Montpellier ( August 16 )
Website	Valsolda municipality

The municipality of Valsolda in the province of Como

San Mamete district

District of Cressogno

Church of San Nicolao in the district of Cressogno

District of Albogasio

Oria district (between 1890 and 1900)

Valsolda is an Italian municipality in the province of Como in Lombardy with 1499 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Valsolda is located on the north shore of Lake Lugano and covers an area of 31.74 km² . The community has no actual center, but consists of a number of fractions (districts). Some of these are on the shores of Lake Lugano: ( Cressogno , San Mamete (main town), Albogasio , Oria and Santa Margherita - on the opposite bank, south of the lake), others on the mountain slopes ( Loggio , Drano , Puria , Dasio and Castello ). The neighboring municipalities are: Cadro (CH), Cimadera (CH), Claino con Osteno , Alta Valle Intelvi , Lugano (CH), Porlezza , Sonvico (CH) and Val Rezzo .

population

Population development
year	1861	1871	1881	1901	1921	1931	1936	1951	1971	1991	2001	2011	2016	2018
Residents	1584	1498	1629	1592	1931	1762	1705	1812	2296	1915	1730	1647	1553	1548

traffic

Valsolda is on the state road 340. From the Swiss border to the town of Cressogno, a newly built tunnel runs under the Valsolda valley (seven kilometers of the Statale Regina 340). After more than 25 years of construction and repeated relocations, the tunnel was opened in October 2012.

Others

Valsolda is the setting for several novels by Antonio Fogazzaro ( Piccolo mondo antico , Malombra ) and by Brunella Gasperini .

Attractions

Church of San Mamete and Agapito in the fraction of San Mamete
San Sebastiano church in the Oria district

Villa Fogazzaro Roi in the Oria district

Sant'Ambrogio church in the Albogasio Superiore fraction

Villa Salve (Affaitati) and Palazzo delle Colonne in the Albogasio Superiore fraction

Church of Santa Maria Annunciata in Albogasio Inferiore fraction

San Martino church in the Castello fraction

Paolo Pagani Museum in the Castello fraction

House with fresco in via Jamucci 16

Church of Maria Assunta in the Puria fraction

Residential house with frescoes

San Bartolomeo Church in the Loggio fraction

Oratory of San Carlo in Esquilino

Church of Santi Innocenti in the fraction of Drano

Church of San Bernardino in the Dasio fraction

Sanctuary of the Madonna della Caravina in the fraction of Cressogno . The first church, probably between 1632 and 1639, was converted into the presbytery of a new and larger building. The new structure was designed by the architect Carlo Buzzi and executed by the builder Battista Paracca. The church was completed in 1643 and later adorned with stucco work by Giovanni Prandi von Porlezza. From 1648 Isidoro Bianchi and his nephew Girolamo painted the presbytery and the side chapels. The fresco of the miracle on the high altar has been preserved from the original church.

Church of San Nicola di Bari in the fraction of Cressogno

Oratorio San Carlo in the Cressogno fraction

Personalities

literature

Carlo Barrera: Storia della Valsolda. Pinerolo 1864.
Romano Amerio: Introduzione alla Valsolda. Fondazione Ticino Nostro, Lugano 1970.
Mariusz Karpowicz: Artisti Valsoldesi in Polonia nel '600 e' 700. Attilio Sampietro Editore, Menaggio 1996; Idem: Artisti ticinesi in Polonia nella prima metà del '700. Edizioni dello Stato del Canton Ticino, Bellinzona 1999.

photos

Albogasio Superiore
Campanile of the Church of San Sebastiano in Oria
Castello, Church of San Martino
Castello, alley
Castello, Casa Pagani Museum
God the Father blesses two children who share bread (Allegory of the Eucharist), Casa Pagani Museum
Natural park
Villa Fogazzaro Roi