Sagno

Sagno was a municipality in the district Caneggio, in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

On October 25, 2009, it was merged with five other municipalities to the municipality Breggia.

Geography

The former municipality of Sagno borders Italy. The village church is dedicated to the Archangel Michael and was built in the 18th century by the architect Simone Cantoni on Romanesque foundations.

Fusion in the Valley of Breggia

The merger of the municipalities Bruzella, Cabbio Caneggio, Morbio Superiore, Muggio and Sagno to the municipality Breggia was announced on 20 April 2008.

The community Muggio rejected this merger. However, it was decreed by the Grand Council of the Canton of Ticino, which is why Muggio filed a complaint in federal court. After the defeat of Muggio before the Federal Court, the merger was now held on 25 October 2009.

Personalities

• Francesco Chiesa, poet and writer.
• Antonio Fontana, abbot, scholar and benefactor
• Innocente Chiesa ( born August 11, 1817 in Sagno, † December 17, 1894 ), painter and decorator
• Pietro Chiesa ( born July 29, 1876 in Sagno, † March 17, 1959 in Sorengo ), painter, draftsman
• Cino Chiesa (1905-1971), architect, restorer
• Simonetta Chiesa ( born February 19, 1920 in Lugano, † December 8, 1956 in Sorengo ), painter

Attractions

• Parish Church of San Michele and rectory
• Oratory of the Madonna
• Residential House Church
• In the cemetery, statue of Vincenzo Vela
• Roman sarcophagus.