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Neggio
Neggio is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. History Neggio is first mentioned in 807 as ''Nego''. In 1335, it was mentioned as ''Negio''. Tombs from the 3rd to 4th centuries suggest that there was a Roman settlement near the modern village. In the 15th century it was mentioned as a separate '' Vicinanza''. In 1611, it split from the parish of Agno. Since 1938, there has been a small community of Dominican nuns. In January 1944, they housed Edda Ciano, the daughter of Benito Mussolini, along with her children. The church of S. Maria dell'Annunciata has frescoes from the 14th century, which date from the previous building that was demolished in 1620. Nothing remains of the church of San Giorgio, but a chapel was built on the same hill in the 18th century. Historically, most of the residents worked in agriculture. At the beginning of the 21st century, most of the workers worked outside the municipality in Lugano and the Ved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lugano (district)
The Lugano District ( also called Luganese) is a district of Canton of Ticino, southern Switzerland. The capital is the city of Lugano. It has a population of (as of ). Geography The Lugano District has an area, , of . Of this area, or 15.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 66.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 15.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and or 4.6% is unproductive land. Of the built-up area, housing and buildings made up 9.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, 59.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.7% is used for growing crops and 9.1% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the district, 0.2% is in lakes and 0.5% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 4.2% is unproductive vegetation. Demographics The Lugano District has a population () of . Of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agno, Switzerland
Agno () is a List of towns in Switzerland, historic town and a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Lugano (district), Lugano in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Due to its position on Lake Lugano, Lake Lugano it is popular with tourists, and hosts summer festivals, with two hotels and several camping grounds. It is served by the Lugano Airport, Lugano-Agno airport. The official language of Agno is Italian language, Italian. History Agno is first mentioned in 818 as ''Anium''. It was known by its German name ''Eng'', though this is no longer used. Pieve of Agno The emergence of the ''Pieve'' or Parish of Agno is related to the spread of Christianity in Switzerland in the Roman era, late-Roman era along the Milan-Como-Riva San Vitale axis. The dedication of the church to Saint John the Baptist (''San Giovanni Battista'') refers to its character as a baptistery. Documents from the years 735 and 818 (deed of gift by King Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pura, Switzerland
Pura is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. History Pura is first mentioned around 751–760, though this is found in a 17th-century copy of the original. In the Middle Ages several institutions such as the monastery of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia, Como Cathedral, Disentis Abbey and the monastery of Agno possessed property or land in Pura. The village was part of the Agno parish until 1603 when it became a separate parish. The parish church of San Martino was first mentioned in 1352. It was rebuilt in 1580 and expanded between 1642 and 1658. The village economy was based mainly on agriculture, livestock and the dairy industry. The dairy cooperative opened in 1890. Due to limited farming land many of the residents emigrated in the 19th century. The majority of them went to Italy to work as brickmakers. In the 1960s, a strong construction boom began. By 2000, approximately three quarters of the working population are c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernate, Switzerland
Vernate is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Geography Vernate has an area, , of . Of this area, or 15.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 82.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.6% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 10.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 76.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 2.6% is used for growing crops, while 2.0% is used for orchards or vine crops and 10.6% is used for alpine pastures. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Azure a fess argent and overall in dexter an arrow point to base and in sinister a walking stick handle to chief both counterchanged.'' The arrow and pilgrim stick are attributes of St. Roch (Rocco) and St. Sebastian (Sebastiano) the patron saints of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edda Ciano
Edda Ciano, Countess of Cortellazzo and Buccari ( Mussolini; 1 September 1910 – 9 April 1995) was the daughter of Benito Mussolini, fascist dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943. Her husband, the fascist propagandist and Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano, was executed in January 1944 for his role in Mussolini's ousting. She strongly denied her involvement in the National Fascist Party regime after her father's execution by the Italian partisans in April 1945. Biography Early life The first child of Benito Mussolini and Rachele Guidi, she was born out of wedlock in Forlì, Romagna; her parents did not marry until December 1915. In her early years, while her father was editor of ''Il Popolo d'Italia'' in Milan, Edda lived with Rachele in Forlì. Her father became Prime Minister of Italy in October 1922 and dictator after January 1925. In March 1925, Rachele and Edda with her brothers and sisters, moved from Milan to Carpegna and then to Rome in November 1929 to live with their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magliaso
Magliaso is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. History Magliaso is first mentioned in 769 as ''de Maliacis''. In 854 it was mentioned as ''de vico Maliaci''. During the Lombards era the monastery of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia possessed a farm in Magliaso. The origin of the old church of S. Quirico (mentioned in 1033) and the San Giorgio Castle is not known. It was the home for nearly two decades (1098–1117) for the schismatic bishop of Como, Landolfo Carcano, who was appointed by Emperor Henry IV against Pope Gregory VII's bishop. The castle was besieged and conquered in 1117 by Como and the fate of Landolfo, is uncertain (possibly deported or murdered). This caused the ten-year war between Como and Milan. The romanesque fresco on the south tower dates from around the same time and is one of the few secular romanesque works in Switzerland. In the 13th century the castle passed into the possession of a branch of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caslano
Caslano is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Lugano (district), Lugano in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Ticino, near to the Italy, Italian border. History The center of the village is built within a Switzerland in the Roman era, Roman era fortification. While no trace of the actual fortification still exists, local tradition, the use of ''Castellano'' in place names and the compact structure of the once walled enclosure all indicate that the fortress existed. The hamlet (place), hamlet of Torrazza was the source of bitter fighting between the Old Swiss Confederacy, Swiss Confederation and the Duchy of Milan. In 1604, the Treaty of Varese decided against the Italy, Italian municipality of Lavena Ponte Tresa and finally awarded it to Caslano. The parish church was built in 1653, incorporating an older building. The pre-industrial economy was based on fisheries, mines and kilns for lime and clay, transport by sea, agricu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curio, Switzerland
Curio is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 6 April 2025, the former municipalities of Astano, Bedigliora, Curio, Miglieglia and Novaggio merged to form the new municipality of Lema. History Curio is first mentioned in 1196 as ''Coira''. In 1298 it was mentioned as ''Cuyri''. During the Middle Ages Curio, Novaggio, Banco and Bedigliora formed a '' Kastlanei''. The first village church, consecrated to St. Peter, was mentioned in 1352. The present church was built in 1609. Historically, many residents emigrated to foreign countries for work. Some of these emigrant families became quite famous. They include the family Avanzini (notaries, doctors, construction workers) and Visconti (architects and engineers), who worked, from the end of the 18th and over the entire 19th centuries, in Piedmont and Russia. Their success led them to perform a number of philanthropic works in Curio. In the 19th and at the beginning of the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedeggio
The Vedeggio is a river of the Swiss Canton Ticino which rises on the slopes of Monte Camoghè (2200m) between Bellinzona and Lugano, crosses the plain of Vedeggio (which takes its name from the river), and enters Lake Lugano Lake Lugano ( or , from ; ) is a glacial lake which is situated on the border between southern Switzerland and northern Italy. The lake, named after the city of Lugano, is situated between Lake Como and Lago Maggiore. It was cited for the first t ... at Agno. Its final section, from the outskirts of Agno until its emission into Lake Lugano has been cut into a straight channel for ease of civil planning in the town. Rivers of Ticino Rivers of Switzerland {{Switzerland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ticino League
The Ticino League () is a regionalist, national-conservative political party in Switzerland active in the canton of Ticino. The party was founded in 1991 by entrepreneur Giuliano Bignasca and journalist Flavio Maspoli. After some public campaigning in the Sunday newspaper ' against political power and use of public money, Bignasca and Maspoli founded the Ticino League to continue the fight at the political level. Bignasca (1945–2013) was the League's "president for life". The League is one of four major parties in the canton, alongside the Liberal Radical Party (PLR), the Democratic People's Party (PPD), and the Swiss Socialist Party (PS). Since 1991, the party has been represented in the National Council and in the five-member cantonal executive of Ticino (the Council of State, ''Consiglio di Stato'') with two seats. In the 90-seat Ticino legislature, (the Grand Council, ''Gran Consiglio'') the party has 18 seats. At the 2011 federal election, the party won 0.8% of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (, SP; ), also called the Swiss Socialist Party (; , PS), is a List of political parties in Switzerland, political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council since 1960 and received the second-highest number of votes in the 2023 Swiss federal election. The SP was founded on 21 October 1888 and is currently the second-largest of the four leading coalition political parties in Switzerland. It is the only left-leaning party with representatives on the Federal Council, positioning itself at the Centre-left politics, centre-left. Currently, Élisabeth Baume-Schneider and Beat Jans represent the party. As of January 2024, the SP is the second-largest political party in the Federal Assembly (Switzerland), Federal Assembly. Amongst all Pro-Europeanism, pro-European parties in Switzerland the SP is the largest and unlike most other Swiss parties, the SP supports Swiss membership i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democratic People's Party Of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (, CVP), also called the Christian Democratic Party (, PDC), Democratic People's Party (, PPD) and Swiss Christian Democratic Party (, PCD), was a Christian democracy, Christian democratic List of political parties in Switzerland, political party in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021, it merged with the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP/PBD) to form The Centre (political party), The Centre, which now operates at the federal level. The name Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP) was used by some cantonal and regional organisations until 2024. Its seats in the Federal Assembly (Switzerland), Federal Assembly were transferred to the new party, as was its sole seat on the Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council. The party was founded as the Catholic Conservative Party in 1912. It peaked in the 1950s, having three members of the Federal Council (1954–1958) before agreeing to the Magic formula (Swiss politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
