Canobbio

History

Roman era inscription and cremation graves from the 3rd Century AD indicate that there was an earlier settlement near the modern village. Canobbio is first mentioned in 712 as Canobli. During the Middle Ages it was a farm of the Abbey of S. Ambrogio in Milan. The Church of S. Siro, is first mentioned 863. It belonged to the Abbey of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia. The settlement of Conago is first mentioned in 1335 along with its church of San Silvestro. The Humiliati monastery of S. Caterina in Lugano also owned land in Canobbio. In 1472 the village church in Canobbio separated from the mother church in Lugano (1472) and was incorporated in the parish of Comano. It became an independent parish in 1643. In Canobbio there were two mills, the oldest was owned by the Pocobelli family (1712), and then by Fumagalli family. It was rebuilt in 1900 in brick. The younger mill was built in 1848, for the De Marchi family of Astano and later the Bernasconi from Chiasso. In 1870 the Baron Paul von Dervies, a Russian banker and railroad magnate built the Castello di Trevano as a temple to music, in the vicinity of Canobbio, with a private orchestra of 52 players. Between 1960 and 1990 the number of inhabitants doubled. The number of jobs in the services sector is increasing. Canobbio is home to a district school and a popular shopping center.

Geography

Canobbio has an area, , of . Of this area, or 29.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 50.8% is settled (buildings or roads), or 2.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 2.3% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 6.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 22.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 11.5%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 8.5% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.5%. Out of the forested land, 32.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 6.9% is used for growing crops and 22.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, 2.3% is unproductive vegetation and . The municipality is located in the Lugano district, on a hill north of Lugano. It includes the village of Canobbio and the settlement of Conago.

Most-observed species

• Chusan Palm

  Trachycarpus fortunei (Hook.) H.Wendl. · Liliopsida
  6,016
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,009
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,984
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,547
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,443
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,155
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,047
• Eurasian Coot

  Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,983

Most recent

• M 4.5 — 2021-12-18
  1 km WNW of Dalmine, Italy
• M 4.1 — 2020-12-17
  0 km SW of Opera, Italy
• M 4.1 — 2017-03-06
  8 km SSE of Muotathal, Switzerland
• M 3 — 2015-11-28
  1 km ESE of Aviatico, Italy
• M 3.3 — 2010-05-11
  1 km WNW of Albino, Italy
• M 3.3 — 2008-12-13
  7 km SW of Livigno, Italy