Camedo

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Camedo
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San Lorenzo oratory (Camedo)
Location of Camedo
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Camedo
Coordinates: 46°09′21.3″N8°36′29.3″E / 46.155917°N 8.608139°E / 46.155917; 8.608139
Country Switzerland
Canton Ticino
District Locarno
Elevation
594 m (1,949 ft)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
6659
SFOS number 5397
Website centovalli.swiss
SFSO statistics

Camedo is a Swiss village near the border with Italy. Camedo is part of the Swiss municipality of Centovalli [1] located in Canton Ticino (district of Locarno). Camedo is one of the most important villages among the 19 localities of Centovalli. [2] due to its strategic location just at the border with Italy being an official border post. It is specifically mentioned in international bilateral treaties among Italy and Switzerland. [3] [4]

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History

Camedo was already mentioned in 1297. [5]

After the dissolution of the municipality of Centovalli in 1838, Camedo became momentarily part of the municipality of much smaller Borgnone. However, Camedo retained its character and importance as a border post. The municipality of Centovalli was reinstated in 2009 with the merge of the old municipalities Intragna, Borgnone and Palagnedra into a single municipality. [6]

Camedo was known for the smuggler stories and documentaries [7] [8] this given its geographical proximity to Italy and the fact that this village is the first stop of the FART Centovalli train after it crosses the Swiss border from Italy.

In 1964, a small textile factory was built in Camedo that employed Swiss and cross-border workers.

The bilateral agreement between the EU and Switzerland led to a reduction in the need of customs services located in Ribellasca (Camedo).

Currently this village and border post is particularly important for the transit of tourists and cross-border workers in and out of Switzerland with over 2'000 cross border workers commuting each day.

Location

Camedo is located in the Locarno district, on the northern slope of the Centovalli at an elevation of 600 m (2,000 ft). It is located in Switzerland near the border with Italy. It limits with the Swiss localities of Borgnone and Moneto and with Italy. [9] Camedo's exact location

Google maps shows this village incorrectly listed as being either Borgnone or a part of it (Borgnone is a different village altogether with a different post code). Camedo is a village on its own right and can be found correctly listed on the other online maps services as well as on the official federal service Maps of Switzerland. Addresses in Camedo must be written ending in “6659 Camedo” as per Swiss postal regulations.

Culture & Tourism

Camedo is the first Swiss village when entering Swiss territory from Italy through the Vigezzo Valley which changes name into Centovalli Valley.

A popular hiking route starting in Camedo and finishing in Intragna through the Old Market Way is a popular outdoor activity. [10]

San Lorenzo's oratory was built in the 17th century, with the date 1674 inscribed in the bell tower. The Tuscan-style portico, with a fresco of Saint Lawrence above the door, was added in 1725. Outside, some crosses and tombstones testify to the custom of burying the dead around the church before the current cemetery was built (early decades of the 20th century). The choir valley presents three scenes from the martyr's life, of discreet workmanship, made by the painter Giacomo Pedrazzi of Cerentino in 1862. Inside, an altarpiece depicting St. Lawrence and a frontal in scagliola from the mid-eighteenth century signed by Giuseppe Maria Pancaldi . The side chapel of the Rosary has a silver-plated copper statue of the Madonna dating back to 1859. The bell tower has four bells cast in the years 1845 and 1833; in 2000 it was equipped with a clock and in 2006 with a fifth bell and an electrification system. In front of the oratory is the first of a series of chapels that represented a VI crucis up to Borgnone, most of which, however, were destroyed during the construction of the cantonal road.

Camedo has also hosted the Centovalli Festival Camedo in 2016 and 2018 [11] and hosts the artist community of theatre, music and food "Atelier Teatro di Camedo" [12] who among other activities offers a monthly film showing. [13]

There is also a small guesthouse and restaurant “Osteria Grütli” offering good quality food and accommodation.

Infrastructure & Transport

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Camedo Station

Camedo is well served by Camedo station of the Centovalli Railway, the train that runs between Domodossola (Italy) and Locarno (Switzerland). Camedo station is the last Swiss train station before leaving Swiss territory towards Italy.

The village is also reachable by car through the cantonal road from Locarno and Intragna that runs through the Centovalli valley towards the Vigezzo Valley into Italy turning into Italian State road 337 (SS337). Camedo is about 30 minutes away by car from the city of Locarno and about 40 minutes from the city of Domodossola (Italy).

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References

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  2. ↑ "Le frazioni – Comune delle Centovalli" (in Italian). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "International treaty of 1918 between Switzerland and Italy on the railway from Locarno to Domodossola". Swiss Federal Law: FedLex publication platform (in Italian). Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Treaty of 1975 between Switzerland and Italy regulating the border checks of international trains traveling transiting the Ponte Ribellasca – Camedo section". www.fedlex.admin.ch (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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  6. ↑ "Press release of the Parliament of Canton Ticino" (PDF) (in Italian). 8 April 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "I contrabbandieri". I contrabbandieri (in Italian). Retrieved 9 February 2019.
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  9. ↑ "Directory of towns and cities". www.cadastre.ch. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  10. ↑ Ltd, Magnolia International. "Camedo - Intragna: la Via del Mercato | ticino.ch". www.ticino.ch (in Italian). Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "Festival – Atelier Teatro in Camedo" . Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  12. ↑ "Atelier Teatro in Camedo – Community, Theatre, Music & Food" . Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  13. ↑ "Monthly Movie – Atelier Teatro in Camedo" . Retrieved 9 February 2019.
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