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Cresciano
Cresciano is a former municipality in the district of Riviera in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of Iragna, Lodrino and Osogna merged into the new municipality of Riviera. History Cresciano is first mentioned in 1269 as ''Crazano''. During construction of the Gotthard railway in the 19th century, traces of a Bronze Age settlement were found. An Imperial charter from 978 mentions a ''cortis Crissianicum'' owned by the monastery of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia. Like the neighboring communities, Cresciano was owned by the Cathedral of Milan. In the 14th century it was placed, together with Osogna and Claro, under the jurisdiction of a representative of the Visconti. In the 15th century, Milan granted the village the right to choose a community leader. The parish church of San Vincenzo was first used in the 13th century. Starting around 1880, granite quarries opened in the valley. These played an important role in the eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riviera, Ticino
Riviera is a new municipality in the district of Riviera in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The municipalities of Osogna, Lodrino, Iragna and Cresciano merged on April 2, 2017. History On October 18, 2015 the citizens of Osogna, Lodrino, Iragna and Cresciano voted to merge their municipalities into the new municipality of Riviera as the name of their district. The merger was enacted by the Grand Council of Ticino. The election of the municipal council marked the beginning of the new municipality. Geography The municipality is located in the Riviera district south of Biasca and north of Bellinzona on both banks of the Ticino river The river Ticino ( , ; lmo, Tesín; French and german: Tessin; la, Ticīnus) is the most important perennial left-bank tributary of the Po. It has given its name to the Swiss canton through which its upper portion flows. It is one of the four .... A recreation park is planned on these banks. The rocks of the region consist mainly of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claro, Switzerland
Claro is a former municipality in the district of Riviera in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of Camorino, Giubiasco, Gnosca, Gorduno, Gudo, Moleno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Preonzo, Sant'Antonio and Sementina merged into the municipality of Bellinzona. Geography Claro has an area, , of . Of this area, or 11.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 72.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 7.0% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 66.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 7.5% is used for growing crops and 3.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 4.9% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodrino, Ticino
Lodrino is a former municipality in the district of Riviera in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of Cresciano, Iragna and Osogna merged into the new municipality of Riviera. History Lodrino is first mentioned in 857 as ''Ludrini''. In 1193 it was mentioned as ''Ludrino''. Remains of fortifications suggest that in the 12th and 13th century a noble family, perhaps from Lombardy, lived in Lodrino. During the Middle Ages, Lodrino also included the hamlet of Prosito (called Proxedrium in the 13th century). Until the mid-15th century, Prosito probably had the same status as Lodrino and Iragna. The hamlets on the mountainside formed the community of Monte Parli, which was first mentioned in 1207. The parish church of SS Gervasio e Protasio in Prosito was built in the 13th century and was, perhaps, a private church. The center Monte Parli was the Chapel of San Martino di Monte Paglio, which was built in 1215. It was originally the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osogna
Osogna is a former municipality in the district of Riviera in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of Osogna, Cresciano, Iragna and Lodrino merged into the new municipality of Riviera. History Osogna is first mentioned around 1210–58 as ''Usonia''. Roman graves have been found near the Nala creek. During the Middle Ages Osogna was under the spiritual and secular power of Milan Cathedral. During the reign of the Visconti in the 14th century, Osogna, Claro and Cresciano were combined under the jurisdiction of a governor. The town rights were confirmed in 1400. Between 1573–1798 Osogna was the residence of the Riviera Vogts and the center of government for the valley. After 1798, it was the seat of the district government. The parish church of SS Felino e Gratiniano was built before the 13th century and was renovated in 1979–84. The other churches in the municipality are the church of S. Pietà from the 16th century and S. Maria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iragna
Iragna is a former municipality in the district of Riviera in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of Cresciano, Lodrino and Osogna merged into the new municipality of Riviera. History Iragna is first mentioned in 1210 as ''Inagna''. Iragna was one of the ten village cooperatives (Vicini), which formed the municipality of Levantine. It belonged to the valley community in 1441 when the entire Levantine along with Lodrino and its hamlets were conquered by Uri. At that time Iragna became part of the Vicariate of the dukes of Milan. Under Milan, the long-established citizens of the village were allowed to select their own bailiff. In the first half of the 17th century, the population of Iragna was involved in a series of witch trials. The church of SS Eusebio e Gaudenzio has been in use since 1210. Since Iragna was on a road that offered an alternative route to the traditional trans- alpine route through Biasca, it possessed a trave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moleno
Moleno is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of Camorino, Claro, Giubiasco, Gnosca, Gorduno, Gudo, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Preonzo, Sant'Antonio and Sementina merged into the municipality of Bellinzona. History Moleno is first mentioned in 1213, though this comes from a copy from 1588. In 1256 it was mentioned as ''a Rivo de Moline''. During the Middle Ages, the water running from the Moleno valley formed the southern boundary of the Levantine valley. In 1335, it became part of the County of Bellinzona. In 1396, its territory was combined with Preonzo, to form a single village community. In 1403–22 it was part of the Uri and Obwalden dominated Levantine district. This situation lasted until Bellinzona moved against the Confederates. During these years, the confederation officers recognized, the rights and customary law of Moleno and Preonzo. The parish church of S. Vitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preonzo
Preonzo is a former municipality in the district of Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 2 April 2017, the former municipalities of Camorino, Claro, Giubiasco, Gnosca, Gorduno, Moleno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Sant'Antonio and Sementina merged into the municipality of Bellinzona. History Preonzo is first mentioned in 1335 as ''Prevonzo''. In the 14th Century, Moleno and Preonzo formed a settlement. In 1335 it became a municipality in the County of Bellinzona. During the first conquest of the Ticino in 1403–22, it was ruled by the cantons of Uri and Obwalden. They granted the villages its statutes and customary rights (''Statuti'', ''ordini''), although, in contrast to Moleno, it was not incorporated in the Levantine. The parish church of SS Simone e Giuda was built in 1459. In the 17th century it was rebuilt and then renovated in 1963–66 and 1996–97. It broke away from the Church of S. Vittore in Moleno in 1545. Together with Gnosca and Moleno it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Vittore, Switzerland
San Vittore is a municipality in the Moesa Region in the Swiss canton of Grisons (Graubünden). Geography San Vittore is situated in the lower part of the valley of the Moesa river, just over upstream of the border with the canton of Ticino, and upstream of Arbedo-Castione, where the Moesa river joins the Ticino river. At above sea level, it is the lowest-lying community in Graubünden. San Vittore has an area, , of . Of this area, 15.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 66.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (15%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Demographics San Vittore has a population (as of ) of . , 14.2% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 16.2%. Most of the population () speaks Italian (88.7%), with German being second most common ( 7.6%) and French being third ( 1.1%). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvigo
Arvigo is a former municipality in the district of Moesa in the south of the Swiss canton of Graubünden, next to Ticino. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Arvigo, Braggio, Cauco and Selma merged to form the new municipality of Calanca.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013 History Arvigo is first mentioned in 1453 as ''Arvicho''.Geography 
Before the merger, Arvigo had a total area of . Of this area, 11.9% is used for agri ...
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Romansh Language
Romansh (; sometimes also spelled Romansch and Rumantsch; Sursilvan: ; Vallader, Surmiran, and Rumantsch Grischun: ; Putèr: ; Sutsilvan: , , ; Jauer: ) is a Gallo-Romance language spoken predominantly in the Swiss canton of the Grisons (Graubünden). Romansh has been recognized as a national language of Switzerland since 1938, and as an official language in correspondence with Romansh-speaking citizens since 1996, along with German, French, and Italian. It also has official status in the canton of the Grisons alongside German and Italian and is used as the medium of instruction in schools in Romansh-speaking areas. It is sometimes grouped by linguists with Ladin and Friulian as the Rhaeto-Romance languages, though this is disputed. Romansh is one of the descendant languages of the spoken Latin language of the Roman Empire, which by the 5th century AD replaced the Celtic and Raetic languages previously spoken in the area. Romansh retains a small number of word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image. The verb ''to blazon'' means to create such a description. The visual depiction of a coat of arms or flag has traditionally had considerable latitude in design, but a verbal blazon specifies the essentially distinctive elements. A coat of arms or flag is therefore primarily defined not by a picture but rather by the wording of its blazon (though in modern usage flags are often additionally and more precisely defined using geometrical specifications). ''Blazon'' is also the specialized language in which a blazon is written, and, as a verb, the act of writing such a description. ''Blazonry'' is the art, craft or practice of creating a blazon. The language employed in ''blazonry'' has its own vocabulary, grammar and syntax, which becomes essential for comprehension when blazoning a complex coat of arms. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest, and a motto. A coat of arms is traditionally unique to an individual person, family, state, organization, school or corporation. The term itself of 'coat of arms' describing in modern times just the heraldic design, originates from the description of the entire medieval chainmail 'surcoat' garment used in combat or preparation for the latter. Rolls of arms are collections of many coats of arms, and since the early Modern Age centuries, they have been a source of information for public showing and tracing the membership of a noble family, and therefore its genealogy across time. History Heraldic designs came into general use among European nobility in the 12th century. System ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
