Osco

Osco

Osco was until March 31, 2012, a municipality in the district of Faido in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Merger with Faido

On April 1, 2012, it merged with the municipalities Anzonico, Calpiogna, Campello, Cavagnago, Chironico and Mairengo to the existing community Faido.

The village of Osco is located on a sunny terrace on the eastern flank of the Valle Leventina 1157 meters on the Strada Alta. In a referendum held in March 2004, the citizens of Osco have to merge their community with Faido, Cavagnago, Mairengo, Calpiogna, Campello, Rossura, Anzonico, Chiggiogna, Calonico and Sobrio discarded.

The municipality also includes Osco Vigera, Freggio, Brusgnano and Modrengo.

Attractions

Sacred buildings

  • Parish Church of San Maurizio
  • Oratory of San Bernardo in the district " Freggio »
  • Oratory of Santa Maria Maddalena in the district " Vigera »
  • Oratory in the district " Piottino »
  • Oratory Our Lady of Sorrows and Saints, painter Domenico Sertori.

Civil buildings

  • Cemetery Osco
  • Cemetery in Freggio
  • Residential house " Ca ' Granda "
  • Various typical leventinese houses.
Leventina (district) Campello, Switzerland Municipalities of the canton of Ticino
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