Vira (Gambarogno)

Vira (Gambarogno)
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Ticino (TI)
District :	Locarno district
Circle :	Gambarogno district
Municipality :	Gambarogno
Postal code :	6574
Coordinates :	708 369  /  111297 coordinates: 46 ° 8 '40 "  N , 8 ° 50' 28"  O ; CH1903:  708369  /  111297
Height :	200  m above sea level M.
Area :	11.9  km²
Residents:	665 (December 31, 2008)
Population density :	56 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.gambarogno.ch
Vira (Gambarogno); on the opposite side of the lake the municipality of Tenero-Contra
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Parish before the merger on March 24, 2010

Vira (Gambarogno) is a district of the municipality Gambarogno in the district of the same name , district Locarno , in the Swiss canton of Ticino . It formed an independent political community until April 24, 2010 .

geography

Aerial photo (1965)

The village is located on the northeastern bank of Lake Maggiore at the foot of the 1738  m high mountain Gambarogno. From Vira a path leads south to the 1395  m high mountain pass Alpe di Neggia , which forms a connection to the Veddasca valley . The village is on the Cadenazzo – Luino line of the Swiss Federal Railways .

history

The area was settled early on, as evidenced by a stele found here with a North Etruscan inscription. In the Middle Ages, Vira was initially the center of the Gambarogno neighborhood, until it was replaced as such by San Nazarro in the 13th century . The village is first mentioned in 1305 as Vira . In 1516 it came under federal rule.

On November 25, 2007, the merger of the municipalities on the southern shore of Lake Maggiore to form the new municipality of Gambarogno was approved by the voters of the municipalities of Caviano , Contone , Gerra (Gambarogno) , Indemini , Magadino , Piazzogna , Sant'Abbondio and Vira (Gambarogno). Only San Nazzaro was mostly against it. An appeal was lodged with the Federal Supreme Court against the decision of the Ticino Grand Council to carry out the merger as planned. After the complaint was rejected, the merger took effect on April 25, 2010.

coat of arms

Blazon : A black anchor with three gold stars over silver and blue divided seven times with a wavy cut.

population

Population development
year	1683	1795	1850	1900	1950	2000	2008
Residents	563	601	617	455	454	616	665

Attractions

See also : List of cultural assets in Gambarogno

Sacred buildings

• Parish Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo. The church of SS. Pietro e Paolo was the mother church of the whole Gambarogno until the parishes of Indemini (1556), Sant'Abbondio and San Nazzaro (1558), Piazzogna (1837) and Magadino (1846).
• Oratory of Santa Maria Maddalena with painting Crucifixion with Santa Maria Maddalena and San Giovanni Evangelista (1696).

Civil buildings

• old stone bridge.

photos

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  Parish Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo

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  Old stone bridge

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  Inn in Alpe di Neggia

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  View from Alpe di Neggia

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  Alpe di Neggia Pass

Events

• Christmas crib exhibition
• Every two years there is an outdoor sculpture exhibition, the last being the G'15 in 2015. The G'18 will take place from July 2018.

Personalities

(Sorted by year of birth.)

• Sganzini family
  • Carlo Sganzini (1881–1948, born in Vira Gambarogno), professor of philosophy at the University of Bern
  • Silvio Sganzini (born December 25, 1898 in Faido ; † October 30, 1972 in Lugano , from Vira (today the municipality of Gambarogno)). Son of Giovanni Giuseppe and Caterina Clementina Sganzini. He studied languages ​​at the University of Rome and the University of Florence , 1922 licentiate with a thesis on the phonetics of the dialects in Leventina . Professor Clemente Merlo , who was head of the Vocabolario dei dialetti della Svizzera italiana from 1920 , brought Sganzini into its editorial committee. After that he was also rector of the Lugano Lyceum.
  • Clementina Sganzini (born November 8, 1927 in Vira Gambarogno; † January 16, 2016 in Lugano), from Faido , lawyer, judge and president at the Ticino Court of Appeal

• Cristoforo Cattaneo (born May 14, 1823 in Vira Gambarogno; † May 13, 1898 ibid), lawyer, government commissioner for the Locarno district, Ticino Grand Councilor and State Councilor
• Pietro Regazzi (born April 1, 1838 in Vira (today the municipality of Gambarogno), † June 11, 1915 ibid), politician, Ticino Grand Councilor , State Councilor
• Massimo Terribilini (born December 21, 1924 in Vira Gambarogno; † March 22, 2019 in Locarno ), painter

literature

• Virgilio Gilardoni : Vira Gambarogno. In: I monumenti d'arte e di storia del Canton Ticino. Vol. III: L'alto Verbano II. I circoli del Gambarogno e della Navegna. (=  The art monuments of Switzerland. Volume 73). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History SKG. Bern 1983, ISBN 3-7643-1500-8 , pp. 89-109.
• Simona Martinoli u. a .: Vira Gambarogno. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History. In: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 .
• Graziano Tarilli: Vira Gambarogno. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 12, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
• Celestino Trezzini : Vira Gambarogno. In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 7: Vilarzel - Wallimann. Attinger, Neuenburg 1934, p. 271 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Gambarogno
• Data from the municipality of Gambarogno
• Office for Statistics of the Canton of Ticino: Gambarogno (Italian)
• Sculpture exhibition in Vira Gambarogno
• Vira Gambarogno: Inventory of cultural assets of the Canton of Ticino
• Road block in Vira ( Memento from August 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on: May 1, 2016.)
• Catalogo ASTI, Vira (Gambarogno) at www3.ti.ch/DECS/dcsu/ac/asti/cff/ (accessed December 12, 2017).
• Vira Gambarogno on elexikon.ch

Individual evidence

1. ^ Graziano Tarilli: Vira Gambarogno. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 12, 2017 , accessed February 4, 2020 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, ISBN 978-88-7713-482-0 , pp. 154-155.
3. ↑ Christmas cribs ( Memento of the original dated December 31, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in myswitzerland.com, accessed December 31, 2015. 
4. ↑ International sculpture exhibition
5. ↑ Open-air sculpture exhibition G'18 on ticino.ch/de/events
6. ^ Christian Baertschi: Carlo Sganzini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 25, 2011 .
7. ↑ Mario Frasa: Silvio Sganzini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 24, 2013 .
8. ↑ Clementina Sganzini (Italian) on archividonneticino.ch (accessed on: December 31, 2017.)
9. ↑ Clementina Sgantini died in tio.ch
10. ^ Pablo Crivelli: Cristoforo Cattaneo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 26, 2005 , accessed April 15, 2020 .
11. ^ Alberto Lepori, Fabrizio Panzera (ed.): Uomini nostri. Trenta biography di uomini politici. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1989, page 18.
12. ^ Gianmarco Talamona: Pietro Regazzi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 1, 2010 , accessed December 19, 2019 .
13. ^ Alberto Lepori, Fabrizio Panzera (ed.): Uomini nostri. Trenta biography di uomini politici. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1989, p. 25.
14. ↑ Massimo Terribilini in portal.dnb.de
15. ^ Massimo Terribilini. In: Sikart