Lodrino, Switzerland

Lodrino
Former municipality of Switzerland
Lodrino village center
Coat of arms
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Location of Lodrino
Coordinates: 46°18′N 8°59′E / 46.300°N 8.983°E / 46.300; 8.983Coordinates: 46°18′N 8°59′E / 46.300°N 8.983°E / 46.300; 8.983
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Riviera
Area
• Total	31.5 km2 (12.2 sq mi)
Elevation	269 m (883 ft)
Population (December 2004)
• Total	1,556
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Postal code	6527
SFOS number	5285
Surrounded by	Biasca, Cresciano, Iragna, Lavertezzo, Moleno, Osogna, Preonzo
Website	SFSO statistics

Lodrino is a former municipality in the district of Riviera in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of Cresciano, Iragna and Osogna merged into the new municipality of Riviera.

Lodrino is first mentioned in 857 as Ludrini. In 1193 it was mentioned as Ludrino.

Remains of fortifications suggest that in the 12th and 13th century a noble family, perhaps from Lombardy, lived in Lodrino. During the Middle Ages, Lodrino also included the hamlet of Prosito (called Proxedrium in the 13th century). Until the mid-15th century, Prosito probably had the same status as Lodrino and Iragna. The hamlets on the mountainside formed the community of Monte Parli, which was first mentioned in 1207.

The parish church of SS Gervasio e Protasio in Prosito was built in the 13th century and was, perhaps, a private church. The center Monte Parli was the Chapel of San Martino di Monte Paglio, which was built in 1215. It was originally the parish church of the hamlets and was known as SS Placido e Sigisberto. The main church in Lodrino was the church of St. Ambrogio which was first mentioned in 1375. It was built on the foundation of a romanesque church from the 11th-12th centuries. The churches were supported in the Middle Ages by the Vicar of Biasca. When the Duke of Milan ceded the Levantine to Uri in 1441, he reorganized his holdings in the Riviera. The villages Lodrino, Prosito and Iragna were incorporated in a ducal vicariate, which was allowed to elect their own village officials. In the administration as well as civil and criminal law the villages were given considerable autonomy. They were given village statutes of 1450 and again in 1492. In 1496 Lodrino, Prosito and Iragna swore their loyalty to the Swiss Confederation.