Rovio, Ticino

Rovio is a municipality in the district Ceresio, district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland, bordering on Italy.

Name

The name comes from Rovio Italian Roveto, ie thorn tree, Acacia.

Giuseppe Carlone (* 1545 in Rovio, Rovio † 1622 ), sculptor
Taddeo Carlone (* 1543 in Rovio, † March 5, 1613 in Genoa), painter, sculptor, architect
Bernardo Carlone (* 1590 in Rovio; † in Vienna? ), Sculptor
Giovanni Carlone (mentioned 1555, 1574 ), sculptor and plasterer
Giovanni (Johann) Carloni (* 1635, † about 1713 in Rovio ), painter
Giovanni Domenico Carloni (mentioned in 1651 in Rovio, † 1690), sculptor, architect
Giuseppe Maria Carloni (* 1645 in Rovio, † 1696 in Asti), sculptor, architect
Niccolò Carloni (* 1644 in Genoa, † 1714), painter
Tommaso Carloni (* 1586 in Genoa, Avril () in 1667 in Turin? ), Sculptor, architect
Abbondio Bagutti (* February 26, 1788; † October 4, 1850 in Rovio ), painter
Giovanni Battista Bagutti (* April 16, 1742, † November 28, 1823 in Rovio ), painter
Giovanni Battista Bagutti (* October 14, 1681; † after 1730 in Rovio ), plasterer

In Rovio there are five churches, so a church per 100 inhabitants.

Parish church of Santi Vitale e Agata in the square
Baroque Oratory of Santa Maria Assunta called " Gesiola " at the Ala Materna
Oratory of San Vigilio, which dates from the 13th century.
Chapel of Santa Maria di Savona
Oratory Sant'Agata, on Monte Sant'Agata
Oratory of the Madonna della Provvidenza on Monte Generoso, architect: Giacomo Alberti
The Municipal House ( Palazzo Bagutti ) is a neoclassical 19th century building
Former residence Carlone with frescoes
Residence Groppi with bas-relief
Single-family house, architect Tita Carloni
Roman sarcophagi serve as a public fountain
At Casa Conza is a Roman altar, dedicated to Jupiter
Einfamilenhaus, in Cassina, Architects: Emilio Bern Egger, Edy Quaglia.

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