Sorengo

Sorengo is a municipality in the district of Vezia, district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland and consists of the districts Cortivallo and creamy None.

  • Born 4.1 Sorengo
  • 4.2 Connected to Sorengo

Geography

Sorengo situated on a hill between Lake Lugano and the lake of Muzzano to which borders the municipality. Neighboring communities, the city of Lugano, in the southern Collina d' Oro and the west Muzzano in the north and east.

History

The place is attested as a church since 1298; until the 18th century, the district Cortivallo maintained a certain independence. Ecclesiastically the first place belonged to Lugano, before its own parish was established here. From 1565 to 1653 there was a Capuchin monastery, which was then moved to Lugano.

The clinic Sant'Anna has existed since 1934, and since 1986, the American Private University Franklin College Switzerland domiciled in the community.

The earlier peasant village was fast becoming a residential community in the greater Lugano, which made from the 1950s is noticeable in the sharp increase in the number of inhabitants.

Attractions

Sacred buildings

  • Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta, attested from 1298, and the rectory, a former Capuchin monastery
  • Chapel of Sant'Anna Hospital, (1964 ), stained glass windows by Emilio Maria Beretta and Stations of the Cross
  • Cemetery with various artistic grave sites and chapel with fresco Crucifix ( Crucifixion, 1843) by Giovanni Battista Sertorio
  • Chapel in the district Creamy None, fresco with Madonna, Saint Anthony Abate and San Domenico
  • Chapel of San Grato fresco with Madonna col Bambino ( Madonna with Child )

Civil Engineering Construction

  • Villa Lampugnani, with bas-relief (15th century)
  • Home / studio of Pietro Chiesa, (1934 ), architect: Cino Chiesa
  • Villa Pagnamenta
  • Residential house "La Colombaia " (1948 )
  • Single Family Tami, architect: Rino Tami
  • So-called " Pergolone "
  • District " Pioggia d' oro ", architects Fabio Muttoni, Elio Ostinelli
  • Other buildings of the architect Viero Balmelli and Ivano Ghirlanda

Personalities

Born in Sorengo

  • Lars Anders Arborelius (* 1949), since 1998 Bishop of Stockholm
  • Wladimir Belli (born 1970 ), former Italian cyclist
  • Katharina Böhm (born 1964 ), Austrian actress
  • Patrick Calcagni ( born 1977 ), cyclist
  • Arianna Farfaletti Casali (born 1976 ), Italian athlete
  • Lara Gut (* 1991), skier
  • Mickey Hardt (born 1969 ), Luxembourgian model, martial artist and actor
  • Beat Klein ( b. 1956 ), artist ( collages, sculptures )
  • Michelle Hunziker ( born 1977 ), presenter, singer and model
  • Alfredo Macchi (born 1967 ), Italian journalist and photographer
  • Dick Marty ( born 1945 ), politician ( FDP)
  • Flavio Maspoli (1950-2007), politician ( LdT )
  • Fulvio Pelli ( born 1951 ), politician ( FDP)
  • Elisabetta Pellini ( b. 1974 ), Italian actress
  • Massimo Pini (1936-2003), politician
  • Felice Puttini (born 1967 ), cyclist
  • Luisa Carloni ( born December 2, 1940), painter, illustrator, Stecherin, lecturer
  • Rosanna Carloni ( born October 30, 1936), painter, illustrator, Stecherin, lecturer
  • Fiorenza Bassetti ( born December 21, 1948), painter, Stecherin, photographer, Computer Art, Collage
  • Maurizio Bortolotti ( born June 26 ), photographer, critic
  • Rolf Bräm ( born January 31, 1951), a painter, sculptor, draftsman
  • Jean -Marc Buhler ( born August 30, 1949), painter, graphic artist, lecturer
  • Fabrizio Crivelli ( born April 18, 1956), sculptor, musician
  • Stefano Donati ( born February 20, 1954), painter, body art

Connected to Sorengo

  • Regina Conti ( * December 21, 1888 Lugano, † September 9, 1960 Sorengo ), painter
  • Kurt Held, writer, lived here with his wife Lisa Tetzner until his death in 1959
  • Hermann Hesse lived here a short time in 1919 before he moved to Monatgnola
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