Ronco sopra Ascona

Ronco sopra Ascona

Ronco sopra Ascona is a municipality in the district of Isole, in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It lies between Ascona and Brissago on a rocky terrace above Lake Maggiore. The municipality also including the lake located Porto Ronco belongs.

History

The original village grew up in the 60s of the 20th century towards a village of artists and also offered many victims of Nazi persecution home and work opportunities. They lived in Ronco and are also buried in the cemetery there, such as the writer Erich Maria Remarque, his wife, the actress Paulette Goddard, the film director Kurt Hoffmann (1910-2001), or citrus plant breeders Edwin Frey ( 1911-2000 ). One of Rey's breeding is the Corafora, named after a street in Ronco. The painter, graphic artist and writer Richard Seewald (1889-1976) lived in Ronco; he painted there, the chapel of SS Annunziata.

Today Ronco is a popular holiday village and, accordingly, has a large stock of second homes on.

Population

Personalities

  • Antonio Ciseri (1821-1891), painter and decorator; in Ronco s / A. born
  • Francesco Ciseri ( born January 8, 1856 in Florence, † December 1933 ibid ), painter; Citizens of Ronco s / A.
  • Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970), writer; spent his life in Ronco s / A.
  • Giuseppe Torti (1928-2005), Bishop of Lugano; in Ronco s / A. born.

Attractions

Sacred buildings

  • Parish Church of San Martino
  • Monastery of San Martino, former seat of the Humiliati, heure Oratory
  • Oratory of Our Lady of Grace ( 1712)
  • Oratory of Santa Maria Assunta, in the district of Porto Ronco
  • Oratory Vergine Immacolata, in the district Grupp Alto
  • Oratory of the Madonna dei Pozzuoli, in the district of Monti di Ronco, (1886 )

Civil Engineering Construction

  • Residence Ciseri restored ( 1830), architect: Giacomo Moraglia
  • Residential house servants, via Pontif, architect: Luigi Snozzi
  • Residential house tap or Casa Fontanelle, in the district of Porto Ronco (1928 ), architect: Carl Meyer pasture
  • Residence Tutsch (1928 ), architect: Carl Meyer pasture
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