Capolago

Capolago

Capolago was until April 4, 2009, a municipality in the district of Riva San Vitale, in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

On 25 November 2007, the merger of the municipalities Arzo, Capolago, Genestrerio, Mendrisio, Rancate and Tremona was approved by the voters. They have joined together by April 5, 2009 the new church Mendrisio.

Geography

The village lies at the end of an arm of Lake Lugano. ( Hence the name " Capo Lake "). From the Railway station on the Gotthard line the Monte Generoso Railway runs to the summit of Monte Generoso mountain house is located at the foot of the place. Near Capolago is Riva San Vitale.

History

The castle, built in 1365 was destroyed by the Confederates in 1517. The village church of Santa Maria Maddalena dates from the 14th century and was rebuilt in the 16th century.

Ortsbürgergemeinde

Board of Directors

President: Margherita Scala Maderni

Personalities

• Carlo Maderno (1556-1629), Italian Baroque architect
• Giovanni Fontana (1540-1614), since 1603 overall supervision of the ongoing construction of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome; built numerous wells
• Anthony Tencalla († 1628), sculptor at the Imperial quarry near Vienna
• Stefano Maderno, sculptor
• Pietro Maderni (* 1726 in Capolago, † 1790 in Capolago ), sculptor
• Alessandro Maderno, governor of the Vogts of Mendrisio
• Alessandro Repetti, typographer, editor, journalist, owner of the Tipografia Elvetica
• Vincenzo Maderni (* 1798 in Capolago, † 1843), a sculptor in Saint Petersburg.

Attractions

• Parish Church of Santa Maria Maddalena
• Rectory (1665/1673) with fresco by the painter Antonio Rinaldi
• Oratorio dei Confratelli ( the Brotherhood ) ( 1752) with rocaille stucco work ( 1757/1758 )
• Ex Tipografia Elvetica (1670 ) with decorative paintings ( Luigi Scrosatischule ) (1848/1849).