Vergeletto

Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Vergeletto
municipality_name = Vergeletto
municipality_type = municipality
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languages = Italian
canton = Ticino
iso-code-region = CH-TI
district = Locarno
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postal_code = 6664
municipality_code = 5132
area = 40.7
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population = 65|populationof = December 2004 | popofyear = 2004
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neighboring_municipalities= Campo (Vallemaggia), Craveggia (IT-VB), Gresso, Maggia, Onsernone, Santa Maria Maggiore (IT-VB)
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Vergeletto is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

History

In the middel age Vergeletto belonged to the Onsernone "vicinanza" and to the "squadra" of Russo. Since 1803 the municipality of Vergeletto also comprised the current municipality of Gresso, both municipalities were separated in 1882. Vergeletto first depended from the church of Russo since 1757 it is an autonomous parish.

Population and surface

* In 1765, 306 inhabitant, 307 in 1930 and 82 in 2006.
*(ha):4304

Patrimony

The "Chiesa parrochiale Annunciazione di Maria Vergine" was founded in 1610 by Pietro Terribilini. It contains a wooden statue reprensenting the Virgin Mary and Gabriel Archangel.

"Casa Garbani" is an elegant 18th century estate built by the Garbani familly, located in the upper part of the village.

"Il mulino" is an 18th century mill located in the center of the village.

Tourism

One comes to Vergeletto by the road which forks at Cavigliano. The road curves throughout very impressive gorges far away one can distinghish farm houses laying like swallows or eagle nest.

According to the writer H.R. Haller one could think being "somewhere in Nepal or in the Himalaya".

Worth to mention:

"Il nucleo" is located at the entrance of the valley bearing the same name. It is the starting point of magnificent trips to Alpin refuge such as Salei, Arena and Ribia.

"The Zott-Salei telepheric": starting from Zott located at a few kilometers from the village it joins the mountain pasture of Salei.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality are taken from the Garbani, or Garban family for its French and Northern American branch, originating from the village and whose certain members illustrated themselves as magistrates and Swiss statesmen.

Bibliography

* Dictionnaire Historique & Biographique de la Suisse, Erard-Heggenzi, Neuchatel, 1926.
* Armoriale dei comuni Ticinesi- Gastone Cambin, Lugano, 1963.
* Le Tessin jardin ensoleillé de la Suisse- Max Pfister, 1979.
* Armoriale Ticinese, Stemmario di famiglie ascritte al patriziati della repubblica e cantone del Ticino- Alfredo Lienhard-Riva, 1945, Lausanne.