Giornico

Giornico

Giornico ( dt date: Irnis ) is a municipality in the district of Giornico in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It is the capital of the homonymous district.

• 3.1 Gotthard Bahn

• 4.1 churches
• 4.2 La Congiunta
• 4.3 Torre di Atto
• 4.4 See also

Geography

The village lies in the valley of the Levantine both sides of Ticino. Between the village of parts is an inhabited island in the river. The municipality belongs to the small village Altirolo northwest Giornicos. From the north Giornico is the first place with a southern character. The municipality is bordered to the north by Faido, to the east by Sobrio, in the east-southeast at Bodio, to the south Personico, on the southwest by Frasco and to the west by Chironico.

History

Battle of Giornico

On December 28, 1478 came as a result of the Alps overarching claims to power of the Confederation for the Battle of Giornico, the Battaglia dei Sassi Grossi, in which the Swiss defeated the Milanese.

Personalities

• Claudio Generali, economist, politician
• Giorgio Giudici, architect, mayor of the city of Lugano in 2013.

Gotthard Bahn

Giornico not benefited in spite of its own station as other communities from the construction of the Gotthard Railway and its operation since 1882. This is probably due to the original position of the station two kilometers outside the village, so the village was bypassed. The partial distances to the neighboring stations Lavorgo and Bodio with 26.8 and 27 ‰ have the largest gradients of the Gotthard Railway. Nevertheless, this hardly differ from the maximum slopes of the other sections on the south ramp, which are almost exclusively at 26 ‰. The slope of the line can thus be excluded as a reason for the "failure " of the station Giornico. The later relocation of the station more to the center of the community towards could not stop the trend; the newer station was closed later. The lines of the Gotthard railway line directly above Giornico is characterized by two consecutive spiral tunnel ( Pianotondo and Travi spiral tunnel ) on the left side of the Ticino valley, which are collectively referred to as Biaschina loops.

Gotthard Bahn: Biaschina loops with old station Giornico.

Attractions

The village is surrounded by vineyards and chestnut forests. The old village center consists mainly of stone houses.

Churches

Giornico is known among other things for its seven churches.

• The church of San Nicola was built around 1150 and has wall paintings from the 15th century
• Next known are the parish church of San Michele
• The church of Santa Maria di Castello as sole witness an ancient castle on a hill west of the village, as well as
• The church of San Pellegrino, in the district " Altirolo », on the old road that led from Giornico after Chironico and to the Gotthard Pass.

La Congiunta

La Congiunta is a modern museum on the northern outskirts of Giornico. It is dedicated to the sculptor Hans Joseph Son, designed by Swiss architect Peter Märkli and built from 1989 to 1992. In 1995 it was awarded as part of the contest New Building in the Alps with the first prize.

Torre di Atto

In the center of the local part of the six-story residential tower Chironico stehr well preserved. He is associated with the action in the 10th century Bishop Atto of Vercelli. The fabric of the tower visible today dates back to the 14th century., .