Breganzona

Breganzona is a district of the city of Lugano in Lugano Circle West, in the district of Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino.

Geography

It is on a hill west of the core area of Lugano. Until the incorporation into the city of Lugano in 2004 it formed an independent political community. It included several fractions and the place Biogno. The former village had 2000 inhabitants in the year 4'782.

The former village is situated on the slope of a hill that rises from the Val d' Agno in the West, falls in the east to the basin of Cortivallo and in the south against the Lago di Muzzano.

History

Breganzona was first mentioned in 984 as Brianzona. In the 12th century, the monastery of Sant'Ambrogio Milan had land here. The inhabitants of both villages lived on viticulture, sheep and cattle farming, chestnut forests and sericulture. By 1890, there were 1,500 mulberry trees.

The 1022 first mentioned Biogno joined in 1925 Breganzona, while the fraction Mulini Bioggio came to church.

While Breganzano in 1950 had 883 inhabitants, it came from 1950 as agglomeration of Lugano to strong growth with a population increase of 73 percent. The hotel offer is part of the tourism infrastructure of Lugano. Verkehrlich Breganzona was previously developed by the trolleybus Lugano.

Personalities

  • Giovanni Battista Bettini (after 1664 Schneisingen -1701 Gengenbach ), builder and plasterer
  • Giuseppe Leoni, neoclassical architect
  • Polar Giovanni, son of Pietro, was in the Ticino cantonal parliament and 1866-68 in the National
  • Ignazio Bonoli, economist, Ticino cantonal parliament attorney.
  • Francis Bott ( Bott Ernst ), (8 March 1904 in Frankfurt am Main, † November 7, 1998 in Lugano), writer, journalist, painter
  • Chris Bünter ( born November 17, 1961 in Breganzona ), draftsman, Text workers and installer
  • Adriano Crivelli (* October 6, 1949 10 Breganzona ), graphic designer, illustrator

Attractions

  • The church of San Sebastiano in Breganzona dates from the year 1579
  • Villa censi
  • Primary school, architect: Mario Chiattone
  • Kindergarten, Architect: Dolf Schnebli
  • Middle school, Architects: Claudio Negrini, Alvaro Bühring
  • Family house, architect: Mario Campi, Franco Pessina
  • Single-family house, architect: Mario Botta
  • In the district Biogno, which was built in 1489 Chiesa dei Santi Quirico e Giulitta in Biogno had relations with the monastery of San Pietro in Ciel d' Oro in Pavia
  • In the cemetery, marble bust of Carlo Frasca by Vincenzo Vela.
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