Pollegio
Sign in to savePollegio () is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland, located in the lower Leventina (valley crossed by the river Ticino).
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Pollegio
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Pollegio, entrance to village.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Pollegio village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Pollegio-coat of arms.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Pollegio Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Ticino
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-TI
- Swiss town.district
- Leventina
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 6742
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 5077
- Swiss town.area
- 5.89
- Swiss town.elevation
- 298
- Swiss town.population
- 992
- Swiss town.populationof
- December 2004
- Swiss town.popofyear
- 2004
- Swiss town.website
- www.pollegio.ch
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Sindaco
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- The Seminary of Pollegio
- ''The teaching staff and students''
- ''Rules and studies''
- ''Everyday Life''
- ''Nationalization''
- The Patricianship
- 20th century in Pollegio
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Born in Pollegio
- Education
- References
- Main sources
- External links
Pollegio () is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland, located in the lower Leventina (valley crossed by the river Ticino).
== History == Pollegio is first mentioned around 1237 as Poleccio/Puletio though this comes from an 18th-century copy of the original document. In 1256 it was mentioned as de Polecci. It used to be known by the German name of Klösterli, though this is not used anymore. In the Middle Ages Pollegio belonged to the Vicinanza of Giornico. The village church was part of the Bodio parish (another member of the Vicinanza of Giornico) until 1602, when it became an independent parish. The Church of SS. MM. Innocenti was built after the Battle of Giornico (which took place in 1478), in memory of the fallen. It was renovated in the 17th century, in 1840 and in 1990.