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Verscio
Verscio coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of TicinoCanton of Ticino Ticino (TI)
District : Locarno districtw
Circle : Melezza district
Municipality : Terre di Pedemontei2
Postal code : 6653
former BFS no. : 5133
Coordinates : 699.84 thousand  /  115788 coordinates: 46 ° 11 '10 "  N , 8 ° 43' 54"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and ninety-nine thousand eight hundred forty  /  115788
Height : 275  m above sea level M.
Area : 3.8  km²
Residents: 1120 (December 31, 2012)
Population density : 295 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.pedemonte.ch
Verscio

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Parish before the merger on April 14, 2013
Parish Church of San Fedele
Dimitri Theater
Cavalli house, courtyard
House Rosso
Bank Raiffeisen

Verscio was until April 13, 2013 a municipality in the Melezza district , in the Locarno district of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland . On April 14, 2013 Verscio was merged with Tegna and Cavigliano to form the new municipality of Terre di Pedemonte .

geography

Verscio is located on the lower reaches of the Melezza , north of the river at the entrance to the Centovalli . Until the merger, the neighboring municipalities were Cavigliano, Losone , Maggia and Tegna. Verscio has 1120 inhabitants (as of 2012).

politics

The mayor was Bruno Caverzasio (as of 2008).

coat of arms

Blazon : In silver, a continuous red cross with a green leafy blue grapevine in the upper fields .

history

Aerial photo (1953)

The village was first mentioned in 1335 under the then name Varzio . The village was the main town of the municipality or Vicinia Pedemonte in the Middle Ages . After the division of 1464 it belonged to the patriziato maggiore of Pedemonte and Tegna and to the patriziato maggiore of Pedemonte and is still called Terra di mezzo today, in contrast to Cavigliano (terra in cim a) and Tegna (terra in fondo). Verscio has been a political municipality since 1803. The Orelli and Magoria families of Locarno had basic rights there, which are mentioned in 1525; they had it since 1213 as a fiefdom from the Bishop of Como .

population

Population development
year 1850 1880 1900 1920 1950 2000 2012
Residents 347 267 322 271 414 887 1120

Attractions

The village image is classified in the inventory of protected sites in Switzerland (ISOS) as a site of national importance in Switzerland.

  • Parish Church of San Fedele
  • Bell tower
  • Churchyard
  • Fresco Last Supper
  • Cavalli house (18th century)
  • Leoni house
  • Snider house, architects: Luigi Snozzi , Livio Vacchini
  • Single-family house Cavalli, architect: Luigi Snozzi
  • Bank Raiffeisen, Architects: Franco Moro , Paolo Moro
  • Two-family house, architects: Franco Moro, Paolo Moro
  • Villa Maestretti.

Personalities

Culture

  • Editions Lafranca
  • Archivio Parrocchiale di Verscio
  • The community is particularly well known for the Accademia Teatro Dimitri theater school (formerly Scuola Teatro Dimitri ) , which was founded by the clown Dimitri (1935-2016): as well as the theater and museum (Teatro e Museo Comico Dimitri)
  • Filodrammatica Amici delle Tre Terre

Sports

  • Unione Sportiva Verscio

literature

  • Guglielmo Buetti: Note Storiche Religiose delle Chiese e Parrocchie della Pieve di Locarno, (1902), e della Verzasca, Gambarogno, Valle Maggia e Ascona (1906). 2nd edition, Pedrazzini Edizioni, Locarno 1969, pp. 235-237.
  • Mario De Rossa: BDL (Benefattori di Livorno). Le loro testimonianze nelle Terre di Pedemonte, nelle Centovalli ea Ronco s / Ascona. in Arte & Storia. Svizzeri a Pisa e Livorno. Volume 14, number 62, Edizioni Ticino Management, Lugano August 2014, pp. 262–281.
  • Virgilio Gilardoni : Il Romanico. Catalogo dei monumenti nella Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino. La Vesconta, Casagrande SA, Bellinzona 1967, pp. 125, 197, 566, 579-581.
  • Rodolfo Huber: Verscio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 30, 2016 .
  • Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 211, 212, 213, 219, 222, 242.
  • Johann Rudolf Rahn : I monumenti artistici del medio evo nel Cantone Ticino. Tipo-Litografia di Carlo Salvioni, Bellinzona 1894, pp. 283-284.
  • Editor: Verscio: a village in Ticino. Tipografia Pedrazzini, Locarno 1982.
  • Elfi Rüsch: I monumenti d'arte e di storia del Canton Ticino. Distretto di Locarno IV: La Verzasca, il Pedemonte, le Centovalli e l'Onsernone. (= The art monuments of Switzerland. Volume 123). Ed.  Society for Swiss Art History SKG. Bern 2013, ISBN 978-3-03797-084-3 , pp. 149–168.
  • Celestino Trezzini : Verscio. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 7, Ungelt - Villarvolard. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1934, p. 231 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Verscio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Verscio on biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz, p. 231, (accessed December 12, 2017).
  2. ^ Rodolfo Huber: Verscio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 30, 2016 .
  3. ↑ List of sites of national importance , directory on the website of the Federal Office of Culture (BAK), accessed on January 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Simona Martinoli and others: 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. 212-213
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Elfi Rüsch: Distretto di Locarno IV. Ed. Society for Swiss Art History , Bern 2013, ISBN 978-3-03797-084-3 , pp. 149–168.
  6. ↑ Parish Church of San Fedele on portal.dnb.de
  7. ↑ Editions Lafranca on portal.dnb.de
  8. ↑ Archivio Parrocchiale di Verscio on portal.dnb.de
  9. ^ Accademia Teatro Dimitri
  10. ^ Teatro e Museo Comico Dimitri
  11. ^ Filodrammatica Amici Delle Tre Terre
  12. ^ Unione Sportiva Verscio
  13. ^ Verscio: a village in Ticino. on portal.dnb.de