Faido

Church Sant'Atanasio in Calpiogna

Faido ( German Pfaid (obsolete), Fait dialect ) is a municipality in the district Faido and the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It is the capital of the homonymous district.

Geography

The community Faido included only the valley floor a few years ago. Meanwhile, however, have merged under the Piottino to Biaschina all municipalities in the middle Leventina.

History

Faido located in the Leventina Valley ( Leventina ) on the Ticino river. The town was first mentioned in 1171 as Faedo. 1639 had 255 inhabitants Faido, 1850 704, 1950 1173 and 2002 there were 1522 inhabitants.

The construction of the National Road N2 placed the township before a test, because the official project provided for an open lines between the village center and the hospital. Supported by Robert Steiner, building consultants of the Swiss National Heritage and Hans Marti, Delegate for the urban planning of the city of Zurich, both in the Commission Hürlimann, it was possible to obtain a tunneling solution for Federal Bonvin. At the opening Bonvin was made ​​an honorary citizen and Marti to the guest of honor.

In the spring of 2004, the population of Faido have adopted the merger of their community with Chiggiogna, Osco, Mairengo, Calpiogna, Campello, Rossura, Calonico, Anzonico, Cavagnago and Sobrio in a referendum. To the municipality since 2005 includes the mountain village " Aldescio » to 1550 m above sea level situated on a south-facing slope above Chiggiogna.

However, since the merger have desire discarded most communities, the new church was first formed only from Faido, Chiggiogna, Rossura and Calonico. On 5 June 2005, the new fusion template was adopted in a referendum and on 29 January 2006 saw the final merger.

Through the merger, the population has increased from 1527 inhabitants (as at end of 2005, old church ) to approximately 2000 inhabitants ( new community Faido ).

Ortsbürgergemeinde

Active local middle-class families are Beltrami, Cappelletti, Caso, Cattaneo, Costa, Disteli, Grassi, Karpf, Lentini, Lucchini, Merzaghi, Pedrini, Picchiotini, Solari, Tagliabue, Vicari.

Personalities

• Angelico Cattaneo ( born April 6, 1769 in Faido † October 5, 1847 in Locarno ), Capuchin, historians
• Methyl Manuel Eisenmann ( * 1948 Faido ), painter, draftsman, etcher

Attractions

• Provost Church of Sant'Andrea
• In the cemetery, Tomb Pedrini, Architect: Giuseppe Bordonzotti
• Oratory of San Bernardino da Siena
• Residence Selvini. ,
• Patrician palace, Architect: Paolo Zanini
• San Francesco Church and Capuchin monastery
• Age house, architects Fabio Muttoni, Silvano Caccia and Giorgio Gendotti
• Ex annex of Hotel Suisse, Architects: Bernardo Ramelli, Giuseppe Bordonzotti
• Ex brewery Rosian, architect: Luigi Rosian
• Near the center of the Piumogna waterfall can be visited.
• In the district of " Mött Cott, ' Pilgrimage Chapel of the Madonna delle Rive
• In the district of " Molar " parish church of San Giacomo.

Economy

Faido is predominantly through the Gotthard railway, the Gotthard motorway and the nearby Alptransit site for the intermediate attack Faido- Polmengo of the Gotthard Base Tunnel. Faido was 1889, the first congregation of Ticino, which introduced electric light.