Albogasio Inferiore, Albogasio Superiore, Castello, Cressogno, Dasio, Drano, Loggio, Oria, Puria, San Mamete (municipal seat), Santa Margherita
Government
• Mayor
Laura Romanò
Area
[1]
• Total
31.7 km2 (12.2 sq mi)
Elevation
275 m (902 ft)
Population
(31 March 2017)[2]
• Total
1,551
• Density
49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym
Valsoldesi
Time zone
UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
22010
Dialing code
0344
Website
Official website
Valsolda is a comune (municipality) of about 1,400 inhabitants in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy on the border with Switzerland. It is located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Milan, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Como and 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of Lugano.
Valsolda (Vallis Solida in Latin) gives the name to the river Soldo who cuts across the valley. The municipality was formed in 1927 and it is subdivided into nine villages: Cressogno, San Mamete (the municipal seat), Albogasio, Oria and Santa Margherita on the shores of Lake Lugano, as well as Loggio, Drano, Puria, Dasio and Castello on the mountains above.
Valsolda is home to the largest natural reserve in Lombardy with over 785 acres of forest populated by deer, roes, chamois, yews, foxes, eagles, hawks and sparrows.[3]
Valsolda was the set of some the works of novelist Antonio Fogazzaro, including Malombra (1881) and Piccolo mondo antico (1895); his house in Oria is still visitable.[4] Other notable figures from the area include painter Paolo Pagani, architect Pellegrino Tibaldi, writer and journalist Brunella Gasperini, TV anchors Victoria Cabello and Kurt Felix, singer Paola Del Medico and the family of World champion figureskater Gundi Busch.
Among the sights in the town is the church of Sant'Ambrogio.
Valsolda borders the following municipalities: Cadro (Switzerland), Cimadera (Switzerland), Claino con Osteno (Italy), Alta Valle Intelvi (Italy), Lugano (Switzerland), Porlezza (Italy), Sonvico (Switzerland), Val Rezzo (Italy) and Villa Luganese (Switzerland).
Valsolda is twinned with the town of Węgrów in Poland.
^"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
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literary career with Miranda, a poetical romance (1874), followed in 1876 by Valsolda, which, republished in 1886 with considerable additions, constitutes perhaps...
born in London to an Italian father and an English mother, and grew up in Valsolda, a small town in the province of Como, just a few kilometers from Switzerland...
Carlazzo, Claino con Osteno, Corrido, Lenno, Ossuccio, Ponna, Val Rezzo, Valsolda. Between 1873 and 1939, Porlezza was linked to Menaggio, on Lake Como,...
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Innocents. He is also known as Giacomo Bargnola, or Bergnola, Paracca di Valsolda, or simply il Bergnola. Ticozzi, Stefano (1830). Dizionario degli architetti...
Italian Baroque/Mannerism painter of the 17th century. Pagani was born in Valsolda, now a municipality in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy...
following municipalities: Alta Valle Intelvi, Laino, Ponna, Porlezza, Valsolda. Near Osteno is a site with numerous late-Jurassic fossils characterized...
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(1709–1772) was an Italian sculptor, active in Northern Italy. He was born in Valsolda in Lombardy, but left works in Reggio Emilia and Verona. He trained with...
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Margherita on the shore of Lake Lugano belongs to the municipality of Valsolda (Province of Como), but can be reached by land only by travelling through...
Cimadera (Switzerland), Corrido, Porlezza, San Nazzaro Val Cavargna, Valsolda. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011"....
Montagna and Girolamo dai Libri. The project was assigned to Beltrame di Valsolda, who was commissioned by the Confraternity and put in charge of the building...
Antelami. In the second half of the 16th century, Pellegrino Tibaldi of Valsolda was commissioned by the then bishop, Guido Ferrero, to rebuild the cathedral...
the work was given to Giovanni Angelo Finali (1709-1772), an artist from Valsolda long active in Verona, who was also the author of the statues placed on...
Between 1648 and 1657 he painted frescoes in the Caravina Sanctuary in Valsolda, Italy. Between 1662 and 1665 he painted the altar canvas in the San Giacomo...
life between Milan, her birthplace, and San Mamete, a small hamlet in Valsolda, on Lake Lugano. After a short experience as a teacher in the immediate...
maestri architetti e scultori del XV e XVI sec. oriundi di Porlezza di Valsolda". Arte Lombarda: rivista di storia dell'arte. V (1). Paul Davies; David...
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