Muzzano, Ticino

Lago di Muzzano

Muzzano is a municipality in the district of Agno, in the Malcantone region in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Geography

The community is located between the eastern part of Lake Lugano with Lugano city and the west arm of the lake, on the borders the municipality. It consists of the districts ' Muzzano "," Agnuzzo "," Piodella "and" Molini ".

Neighborhood

In the northeast Muzzano adjacent to the area of Lugano, in the east is Sorengo on Lake Muzzano, in the southeast, also adjacent to the lake, lies the community of Collina d' Oro, in the southwest borders Muzzano on the western arm of Lake Lugano and to the west is Agno, separated by the canalised river Vedeggio.

Lago di Muzzano

The little Lago di Muzzano is partly due to the municipality. He is 780 m long and 337 m wide. With a maximum depth of 3.35 m, it contains about 600,000 cubic meters of water. The Lago di Muzzano was formed during the Ice Age by the glaciers themselves taken the Adda and the Ticino. He is, together with its reed beds protected and belongs to the Swiss conservation organization Pro Natura.

History

Muzzano 1189 known as Muciano. The place Agnuzzo, belonging to the municipality since 1925, is already 819 known as the site of a Fronhofs, which was the clergy of Como given by Emperor Louis the Pious. Ecclesiastically the place belonged to 1735 to Agno and then became an independent parish.

Muzzano was the home of many plasterers and lived on agriculture and the breeding of silkworms. Towards the end of the 20th century was built on the eastern shore of Vedeggio an industrial zone that provided jobs. However, three-quarters of the working population are commuters who find work in Lugano and the surrounding communities.

Population

Ortsbürgergemeinde Muzzano - Agnuzzo, Bioggio, Bosco Luganese

Board of Directors

  • President was April 26, 2009: Giovanni Maria Staffieri.

Traffic

South of the station Muzzano Cappella Agnuzzo is located on the S-Bahn route Lugano - Ponte Tresa. West of the town highway A runs 2 Basel - Chiasso. The nearest interchanges are Lugano and Lugano -Nord -Süd. In the municipality of Agno, west of the Vedeggio, is the airport of Lugano -Agno.

Personalities

  • Donato Polli ( born October 24, 1663 Muzzano, † December 28, 1738 in Nuremberg), Baroque stucco plasterer, mainly in Swiss francs
  • Maria Boschetti - Alberti (1879-1951), teacher, director of the scuola serena by Maria Montessori
  • Han Coray (1880-1974), Swiss educational reformer and art collector who lived since 1930 in Agnuzzo and died there
  • Alis Guggenheim (1896-1958), Swiss sculptor and painter, lived from 1942 in Muzzano
  • Fausto Bernasconi ( born July 9, 1886 in Muzzano, † May 30 1930 in Lugano ), painter

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Santa Maria Annunciation ( Lady Day ), probably originally from the 16th century
  • Oratory of Sant'Andrea, mentioned in the district " Agnuzzo », 1208 for the first time
  • Primary school and community hall, architect Mauro Buletti, Paolo Fumagalli
  • Residence Lamoni
  • Residence Fè
  • Villa Castelletto
  • Residence Felice Filippini, architect: Mario Campi and Pessina Franco
  • Other houses of the architect Mario Campi, Franco Pessina, Emilio Bern Egger, Bruno Keller and Edy Quaglia.

Pictures

Oratory of Sant'Andrea

Sant'Andrea: Interior

Residence Lamoni

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