Castel San Pietro
Castel San Pietro TI
Castel San Pietro is a municipality in the district of Balerna, in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Since 2004 the former independent municipalities Casima with the church of San Carlo from the 18th century and Monte district. At the same time, " Campora ", formerly part of the community Caneggio included in the municipality of Castel San Pietro. Castel San Pietro covers the entire western side of the italianborder (Italian: Valle di Muggio ). A district is " Corteglia ".
Personalities
- Lazaro Agustoni (ca. 1570-1642 ), architect of the district " Monte "
- Francesco Carabelli from the district " Obino » (1737-1798), sculptor.,
- Donato Carabelli (* 1760 in Obino ), sculptor, plasterer
- Giovanni Albino Carabelli (1690-1766), sculptor, engraver
- Giovanni Pietro Magni ( 1655-1722/1724 ), plasterer in Germany
- Joseph Anton Pozzi (1732-1811), plasterer in south-west Germany
- Carlo Luca Pozzi (1734-1812), sculptor and plasterer in Italy, Germany and France
- Domenico Pozzi (1745-1796), painter
- Francesco Pozzi (1704-1789), plasterer in Germany and in Switzerland.
- Giacomo Cometti ( Jacques) from Monte ( 1863-1938 ), sculptor, architect
- Samuel Wülser (1897-1977), painter and member of the artist group red-blue.
Attractions
- Parish Sant'Eusebio from the 17th century (architect Agostino Silva )
- Church of San Pietro ( Red Church ), built in 1343 on the foundations of the early Middle Ages,
- Church Sant'Antonino, in the district of " Obino " from the 15th century
- Chapel of San Rocco from the 16th century
- Villa Turconi, in the district of " Loverciano ", built 1671-1723,
- Oratory of San Carlo
- Oratory of San Fermo, in the district of " Campora "
- Oratory of San Nicola da Tolentino dell'Addolorata and, in the district of " Corteglia »
- Residence Crimella, architect: Ivano Gianola
- Oratorio della Madonna di Caravaggio, in the district of " Gorla »
- Breggiaschluchten since 2001 to visit accessible.