Collina d'Oro
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| Coordinates: 45°59′N 8°55′E / 45.983°N 8.917°ECoordinates: 45°59′N 8°55′E / 45.983°N 8.917°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Ticino | |
| District | Lugano | |
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| • Mayor | Sindaco | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 6.1 km2 (2.4 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 469 m (1,539 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 4,671 | |
| • Density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 6926 | |
| SFOS number | 5236 | |
| Localities | Agra, Carabietta, Gentilino, Montagnola | |
| Surrounded by | Agno, Grancia, Lugano, Magliaso, Muzzano, Sorengo | |
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Collina d'Oro (English: Gold Hill) is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It was formed from the 2004 union of the villages of Agra, Gentilino, and Montagnola. On 1 April 2012, it incorporated the formerly independent municipality of Carabietta.
Gentilino is first mentioned in 1210 as Gentarino. Montagnola is first mentioned in 1226 as Montegnola'.
The hamlet of Bigogno, which is part of Agra, is first mentioned in 1270 in an inventory of the lands of the monastery of S. Abbondio in Como in the Valle di Lugano. The inventory of Como Cathedral (1298) mentions their allodial titles and episcopal loans in Agra as well as possessions of the Disentis Abbey. The same document also mentions the church of S. Tommaso in Agra. The church initially belonged to the parish of S. Pietro in Pambio and then became an under-parish in 1591. The Chapel of S. Assunta in Bigogno was completed before 1609. In the statutes of Como from 1335, the Concilium or Vicinanza of Agra and Premona or Barbengo is first mentioned.
In addition to agriculture, the village was once famous for training and sending artisans to Russia along with other European nations. In 1912 a regional sanatorium opened in the village. It was a residence to for many, especially German-speaking, notables and intellectuals. They published the monthly magazine Die Terrasse (The Terrace) from the sanatorium. It was closed in 1969 and fell into disrepair.
In the Early Middle Ages Gentilino belonged to the royal court of Agnuzzo, which was donated in 818 by Emperor Louis the Pious to the clergy of Como. During the 11th Century it belonged to the monastery of S. Abbondio in Como. The union of the monastic estates in 1335 probably led to the creation of the Concilium Sancti Abundii which included Gentilino and Viglio as well as Montagnola and the surrounding villages. In the early 18th Century, the village wanted to buy the monastery's rights to the village. However, this triggered a long-running dispute, in which the Canton was eventually involved.
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