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Spruga
Spruga (''La Sprüga'' in Ticinese dialect, ''Sprugg'' in Swiss German) is a village in the Swiss municipality of Onsernone, in the district of Locarno, in the canton of Ticino. It lies on the sunny, south-facing slopes above the Isorno river on the border of Italy. The first recorded mention of Spruga goes back to the year 1285.Elfi Rüsch: ''Distretto di Locarno IV.'' Hrsg. von der Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte. Bern 2013, ISBN 978-3-03797-084-3, S. 284–290. Spruga is the last village on the sole road into the Onsernone Valley as well as the nearest settlement to the thermal baths at Bagni di Craveggia where a 6-story hotel, now in ruins but open to the public, was built in 1819. In the 19th century, visitors to the baths had to take an 8-hour carriage ride from Locarno to Comologno and then walk the last three to four kilometers on a dirt trail through Spruga with their luggage on mules or carried by locals. Mail service was brought into and from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagni Di Craveggia
Bagni di Craveggia is a ''frazione'' of the municipality of Craveggia, in Piedmont, northern Italy. It is located in the Onsernone Valley at , on the border of Switzerland. Road access is through Spruga, a village in the municipality of Onsernone, which lies across the Isorno (river), Isorno river. It owes its name to a source of thermal water at . History Early mentions Bagni di Craveggia was mentioned for the first time indirectly in the phrase "flumen de aqua calida" (''warm water flow'') on 11 January 1299 on the occasion of a land cession to the Locarno, Locarnese Orelli family of recorded in Toceno. Obviously, the thermal springs had been known in the region for a long time. The first direct mention can be found in a document from Craveggia from 1352, which speaks of the healing properties of water in rachitic and lymphatic diseases. Another mention followed in 1406. Territorial changes For centuries, Bagni di Craveggia belonged to the Comune di Onsernone, which dates ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onsernone
Onsernone is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Ticino, near the city of Locarno. The river Isorno (river), Isorno, known as the Onsernone River in Italy, runs through the Onsernone Valley, valley with which Onsernone shares its name. The municipality was created in 1995 by a merger of Comologno, Crana and Russo, Switzerland, Russo.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010 On 10 April 2016 the former municipalities of Vergeletto, Gresso, Mosogno and Isorno merged into Onsernone. History Comologno is first mentioned in 1438 as ''Comolognium''. Crana is first mentione ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borgnone
Borgnone is a hamlet part of the municipality of Centovalli in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Not to be confused with much bigger Camedo or with Lionza or Costa. History Borgnone is first mentioned in 1364 as ''Brugnono''. In the Middle Ages it was part of the Locarno region. In the 15th century, it became a '' Degagna'', which was part of the bailiwick of Locarno between the 16th century and 1798. It then became an independent political municipality when the municipality of Centovalli was split in 1838. It belonged to the parish of Palagnedra and in 1630 became a vice-parish. The Church of Beata Vergine dell 'Assunta (built 1364–65) underwent several transformations. A strong seasonal emigration supplemented the income from agriculture and animal husbandry of the residents. The majority of the population (1990: 70%) is in the services sector, and half of all residences are second or vacation homes. In 1923 the Locarno-Domodossola rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onsernone Valley
The Onsernone Valley (, ), is one of the principal valleys of the Locarno District, in the Swiss Canton of Ticino. The Onsernone Valley derives its name from the Onsernone River, the name used in Italy for what the Swiss call the Isorno, of which it is a river valley. As of 10 April 2016, the municipality of Onsernone is larger than the Valley of Onsernone because Vergeletto and Gresso in the neighboring Valley of Vergeletto were merged into it. The permanent population of the Onsernone Valley peaked in the 19th century along with local rye straw processing. Relatively undeveloped compared to the rest of Switzerland and with only one road in or out, the Onsernone Valley is often described as "wild," "untamed," and "mysterious" in tourist descriptions. In 2018, the residents of the area voted down a proposal to create a national park in Onsernone out of concern it would usher in a slough of government regulations and bring mass tourism that would end the laid-back lifestyle fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comologno
Comologno is a village and former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 1995 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Crana and Russo to form a new and larger municipality Onsernone.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010 The municipality also contained the villages Vocaglia, Corbella, Cappellino and |
Locarno
Locarno (; ; Ticinese dialect, Ticinese: ; formerly in ) is a southern Switzerland, Swiss List of towns in Switzerland, town and Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district Locarno (district), Locarno (of which it is the capital), located on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore at its northeastern tip in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Ticino at the southern foot of the Swiss Alps. It has a population of about 16,000 (proper), and about 56,000 for the agglomeration of the same name including Ascona besides other municipalities. The town of Locarno is located on the northeastern part of the river Maggia (river), Maggia's delta; across the river lies the town of Ascona on the southwestern part of the delta. Locarno is the 74th largest city in Switzerland by population and the third largest in the Ticino canton, after Lugano and Bellinzona. The official language of Locarno is Italian language, Italian. The town is known for hosting the Locarno International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loco, Switzerland
Loco is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. In 2001 the municipality of Loco was merged with the neighboring municipalities Auressio and Berzona to form a new and larger municipality Isorno.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 14 January 2010 On 10 April 2016, Isorno, along with the municipalities of , Gresso, and , were all joined to becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridle Path
A bridle path, also bridleway, equestrian trail, horse riding path, ride, bridle road, or horse trail, is a trail or a thoroughfare that is used by people riding on horses. Trails originally created for use by horses often now serve a wider range of users, including equestrians, hikers, and cyclists. Such paths are either impassable for motorized vehicles, or vehicles are banned. The laws relating to allowable uses vary from country to country. In industrialized countries, bridle paths are now primarily used for recreation. However, they are still important transportation routes in other areas. For example, they are the main method of traveling to mountain villages in Lesotho. In England and Wales a bridle path now refers to a route which can be legally used by horse riders in addition to walkers, and since 1968, by cyclists. A "ride" is another term used for a bridleway: "a path or track, esp. one through a wood, usually made for riding on horseback" (''Oxford English Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locarno (district)
The Locarno District (also called Locarnese) is a district of Canton Ticino, Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ). Geography The Locarno District has an area, , of . Of this area, or 6.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 58.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 24.3% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 47.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.0% is used for growing crops and 2.8% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the district, 0.5% is in lakes and 1.9% is in rivers and streams. Of the unproductive areas, 14.7% is unproductive vegetation and 9.6% is too rocky for vegetation. Demographics The Locarno District has a population () of . Of the Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Del Boca
Angelo Del Boca (23 May 1925 – 6 July 2021) was an Italian journalist and historian. He specialised in the study of the Italian Colonial Empire, and the involvement in Libya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia during the first part of 20th century. Del Boca was the first post-WWII Italian scholar to devote himself extensively to the study of Fascist Italy's expansion in Africa, and to publish information on the crimes committed by the Italian army in Ethiopia and Libya during its period of Fascism and World War II. During his youth he took part in the Italian resistance movement. After the war he was editor for the newspaper '' Il Giorno'', and later a professor of Contemporary History at the University of Turin. In 2002 Del Boca received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Lucerne. Del Boca is widely regarded to have been one of the first historians to denounce Italy's use of poison gas. Life Del Boca was born in 1925 in Novara. At the age of 18, Del Boca was forced to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Early Modern Switzerland
The early modern history of the Old Swiss Confederacy ('' Eidgenossenschaft'', also known as the "Swiss Republic" or ''Republica Helvetiorum'') and its constituent Thirteen Cantons encompasses the time of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) until the French invasion of 1798. The early modern period was characterized by an increasingly aristocratic and oligarchic ruling class as well as frequent economic or religious revolts. This period came to be referred to as the ''Ancien Régime'' retrospectively, in post-Napoleonic Switzerland. The loosely organized Confederation remained generally disorganized and crippled by the religious divisions created by the Swiss Reformation. During this period the Confederation gained formal independence from the Holy Roman Empire with support from France, and had very close relations with France. The early modern period also saw the growth of French-Swiss literature, and notable authors of the Age of Enlightenment such as the mathematicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
