Morbio Superiore

Former municipality of Switzerland

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Morbio Superiore

Location of Morbio Superiore

Coordinates: 45°52′N 9°01′E / 45.867°N 9.017°ECoordinates: 45°52′N 9°01′E / 45.867°N 9.017°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Piermario Croci

Area

• Total

2.75 km² (1.06 sq mi)

Elevation

452 m (1,483 ft)

Population

• Total

705

• Density

260/km² (660/sq mi)

Postal code

6835

SFOS number

5258

Surrounded by

Caneggio, Castel San Pietro, Cernobbio (IT-CO), Morbio Inferiore, Sagno

Website

morbiosuperiore.ch
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Morbio Superiore was a municipality in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland in the hills above Chiasso. It is located in the district of Mendrisio. On 25 October 2009 the municipalities of Bruzella, Cabbio, Caneggio, Morbio Superiore, Muggio and Sagno merged into the municipality of Breggia.

Morbio Superiore is first mentioned in 1116 as Morbio de Supra. In the Middle Ages (first mentioned in 1299) the village was owned by Como Cathedral and the Benedictine monastery of S. Abbondio in Como. The church of S. Vittore in Balerna also owned property in the village. From 1591 until the 17th Century, Morbio and Sagno were a vice parish under the mother church at Balerna. In 1802 Morbio Superiore was a separate parish.

The parish church of S. Giovanni Evangelista was first mentioned in 1227. In the 18th Century, it was totally rebuilt and then renovated in 1957. The chapel of San Martino, originally an Early Middle Ages romanesque building stands on the site of what might be an Ostrogoth watchtower from the 6th Century. The Chapel of S. Anna is from the late Baroque period.

Formerly, the village was surrounded by vineyards, tobacco and mulberry cultivation, of which only the vineyards remain. In the last decades of the 20th Century Morbio Superiore developed into a residential community. Since 1960, Lattecaldo has been the headquarters of the Cantonal Forestry School. In 2000, four-fifths of the workforce worked outside the community.

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