Lottigna is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.
It was first recorded in year 1201 as Lotingnia.
The municipality also contained the village Acquarossa. It had 105 inhabitants in 1682, and from 1850 to 1950 the population count remained stable around 130. It then dropped to 79 in both 1970 and 2000.
In 2004 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Castro, Corzoneso, Dongio, Largario, Leontica, Marolta, Ponto Valentino and Prugiasco to form a new and larger municipality Acquarossa, the name taken from the old village in Lottigna.
Notable people
- Moisés Santiago Bertoni, Swiss naturalist
- Pietro Reggiori (1854-1907), president of the London branch of the Ticinese liberal party, [1] co-proprietor [2] of the Reggiori's restaurant [3] in King’s Cross. [4] Mr. Peter Roger, an English hotelier, restaurateur and the great-great-grandson of Alfredo Reggiori and Alma Margherita Marchesi, established an annual award in their memory, the Reggiori-Marchesi Prize, [5] donating to the University of Kent, his alma mater, his financial resources to promote merit and commitment.
References
- Lottigna in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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^ Warsaw1948 (1897-01-01),
King's Cross, interior of Reggiori's restaurant 1897, retrieved 2023-09-22
{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) - ^ Assael, Brenda (2018-06-28). The London Restaurant, 1840-1914. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-254971-6.
- ^ "Reggiori's Italian Restaurant, 1-3 Euston Road, NW1. Opposite Kings Cross Station". www.layersoflondon.org. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
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^ Warsaw1948 (1897-01-01),
King's Cross, interior of Reggiori's restaurant 1897, retrieved 2023-09-22
{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) - ^ "Kent launches new academic prize for school, college and university students". News Centre - University of Kent. 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
External links
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Lottigna at Wikimedia Commons
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Lottigna is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.
It was first recorded in year 1201 as Lotingnia.
The municipality also contained the village Acquarossa. It had 105 inhabitants in 1682, and from 1850 to 1950 the population count remained stable around 130. It then dropped to 79 in both 1970 and 2000.
In 2004 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Castro, Corzoneso, Dongio, Largario, Leontica, Marolta, Ponto Valentino and Prugiasco to form a new and larger municipality Acquarossa, the name taken from the old village in Lottigna.
Notable people
- Moisés Santiago Bertoni, Swiss naturalist
- Pietro Reggiori (1854-1907), president of the London branch of the Ticinese liberal party, [1] co-proprietor [2] of the Reggiori's restaurant [3] in King’s Cross. [4] Mr. Peter Roger, an English hotelier, restaurateur and the great-great-grandson of Alfredo Reggiori and Alma Margherita Marchesi, established an annual award in their memory, the Reggiori-Marchesi Prize, [5] donating to the University of Kent, his alma mater, his financial resources to promote merit and commitment.
References
- Lottigna in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
-
^ Warsaw1948 (1897-01-01),
King's Cross, interior of Reggiori's restaurant 1897, retrieved 2023-09-22
{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) - ^ Assael, Brenda (2018-06-28). The London Restaurant, 1840-1914. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-254971-6.
- ^ "Reggiori's Italian Restaurant, 1-3 Euston Road, NW1. Opposite Kings Cross Station". www.layersoflondon.org. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
-
^ Warsaw1948 (1897-01-01),
King's Cross, interior of Reggiori's restaurant 1897, retrieved 2023-09-22
{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) - ^ "Kent launches new academic prize for school, college and university students". News Centre - University of Kent. 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
External links
Media related to
Lottigna at Wikimedia Commons
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|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
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