Mendrisio

Mendrisio is a municipality and capital of both the homonymous district in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The German and Lombard Name Mendris is outdated and is no longer used.

Mendrisio merged on April 4, 2004 with the former municipality Salorino. On April 5, 2009, the merger of the municipalities Arzo, Capolago, Genestrerio, Mendrisio, Rancate and Tremona merged to Mendrisio became final.

On April 13, 2013 Meride was incorporated.

Geography

Mendrisio is located approximately 18 km south of Lugano and is approximately 5 km from the border with Italy. The municipal area stretches to the picturesque area " Bella Vista " on the Monte Generoso.

Neighborhoods

Population

Personalities

  • Members of the family Bosia ( Busioni )
  • Members of the della Torre family ( Torriani )
  • Giovanni Battista Rusca, lawyer, notary and cantonal judge
  • Giuseppe Rusca, lawyer, notary
  • Antonio Catenazzi (mentioned in 1698 in Baden, 1727 Mendrisio ), altar builder, plasterer
  • Augusto Catenazzi ( born May 5, 1808 in Mendrisio, † July 27, 1880 ), painter
  • Francesco Catenazzi ( born January 12, 1775 in Mendrisio, † June 21, 1831 ), painter
  • Antonio Baroffio Bruni (* February 17, 1762; † after 1825 in Moscow), painter
  • Fedele Bruni (* 1801 in Mendrisio, † August 30 1876 in St. Petersburg), painter, director
  • Tommaso Baroffio ( born January 28, 1792 in Mendrisio, † 30 July 1877), painter, decorative painter
  • Carlo Basilico ( born July 11, 1895 in Rancate; † January 30, 1966 in Mendrisio ), painter
  • Ugo Cleis ( born April 5, 1903 in Diepflingen, † September 13, 1976 in Mendrisio ), painter, decorative painter, mosaic workers, Illustrator
  • Jean Corti ( born March 1, 1907 in Cernier, † April 22, 1946 in Mendrisio ), painter
  • Anacleto Arrigo ( born April 18, 1919 in Caneggio; † September 10, 1956 ), painter
  • Stella Adorf ( born 1963 ), actress
  • Michael Albasini ( b. 1980 ), cyclist
  • Mario Botta ( born 1943 ), architect
  • Paolo Meneguzzi (born 1976 ), singer
  • Fabio Pusterla (* 1957), writer and poet
  • Flora Ruchat - Roncati ( * 1937, † 2012), architect and ETH Zurich professor
  • Raffaele Sannitz (* 1983), ice hockey player
  • Luigi Snozzi ( born 1932 ), architect
  • Rocco Travella (born 1967 ), track cyclist
  • Pio Ortelli (* 1910, † 1963), lecturer and Schriffsteller
  • Guglielmo Della Torre (around 1140-1226 ), Bishop of Como
  • Achille Borella, politicians, National
  • Achille Borella, lawyer, politician, National
  • Francesco Nino Borella, lawyer, politician, National Council.
  • Anna Bianchi ( born February 19, 1953 in Mendrisio ), sculptor
  • Giuseppe Bolzani ( born August 30, 1921 in Bellinzona, † 26 July 2002 in Mendrisio ), painter, draftsman, lecturer
  • Carlo Enrico Brenni ( born January 8, 1688 in Salorino, † December 9, 1745 in Copenhagen), plasterer
  • Giovanni Battista Brenni (* 1730 Salorino ), painter, decorative painter
  • Giovanni Giulio Brenni (* November 24, 1699 (baptism ) Mendrisio ), plasterer
  • Grandonio Brenni (* 1738 Salorino ), painter, decorative painter
  • Paolo Brenni (* Salorino; ? † 1769), a painter, decorative painter
  • Giovanni Battista Brenni ( born May 28, 1649 Salorino, † June 3, 1712 ), plasterer
  • Prospero Brenni (* 1638 in Salorino; † January 18, 1696 ), plasterer

Arts Culture

In Mendrisio is the Architecture Academy Founded in 1996, the University of Italian Switzerland.

Attractions

  • Old Town with its narrow streets
  • Monastery of San Giovanni Battista
  • Oratory of Our Lady of Graces
  • Roman villa with mosaic.,
  • Church of Santa Maria in Borgo
  • Former Hospital of the Blessed Virgin. The neoclassical building was designed by Luigi Fontana and opened in 1860. Since 1996, it houses the Academy of Architecture. The statue at the entrance is a work of Swiss artist Niki de Saint Phalle
  • Parish church of Santi Cosma e Damiano
  • Church of St. Johann Baptist, built in the years 1723-38 according to the specifications of Giovan Pietro Magni
  • Church of Saint Martin, in the district of " Prati di San Martino "
  • Church of San Sisinio, in the district " alla Torre »
  • Meeting house
  • Church of San Francesco
  • Cinema and Theatre Mignon
  • Residence Croci.
  • Palace Torriani
  • Center of old hay spinning
  • Palace Pollini.
  • Villa Argentina.
  • Villa Foresta
  • Mercato coperto
  • Cantonal Psychiatric Hospital
  • Palace Ferrazzini
  • Casa dei Pagani Tre buchi ( Pagan House "three holes" )
  • Oratory of San Nicolao with paintings by Francesco Innocenzo Torriani (1698/1700)
  • Oratory of the Assunta, in the district of " Cascina d' Armirone »
  • Parish Church of San Zeno in Fraktiom Salorino
  • Oratory of San Rocco mentioned in 1632, with frescoes and ex voto of painter Antonio Rinaldi ( about 1861 )
  • Oratory of San Giuseppe ( 1674) in the district of " Somazzo " with frescoes and paintings
  • Residence Pestoni with stucco decoration by Carlo Francesco Moresco (1720/1730)
  • Oratory of Madonna del Buon Consiglio (1754/1786) in the district of " Cragno ".

Museums and other

  • Baumgartner Gallery ( Permanent exhibition of model railroads )
  • Art Museum ( since 1982 in the old Servite housed. The permanent collection includes more than 1,200 works of art ).
  • The Club del San Gottardo is an association for the preservation of historic railway vehicles (see also: museum railway ).
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