Lavina (Rezzo)

Lavina
Frazione
Village centre
Lavina
Location of Lavina in Italy
Coordinates: 44°01′37.63″N 7°54′03.91″E / 44.0271194°N 7.9010861°E / 44.0271194; 7.9010861Coordinates: 44°01′37.63″N 7°54′03.91″E / 44.0271194°N 7.9010861°E / 44.0271194; 7.9010861
Country  Italy
Region  Liguria
Province Imperia (IM)
Comune Rezzo
Elevation[1] 350 m (1,150 ft)
Population (2001)[1]
 • Total 103
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 18026
Dialing code (+39) 0183

Lavina is a frazione (and parish) of the municipality of Rezzo, in Liguria, northern Italy. Up to 1928 it was a self-standing comune.

Geography

Giara di Rezzo bridge

The village of Lavina is located close to the Giara di Rezzo, mostly on its right banks, while the hamlet of Borghetto is on the opposite side of the creek.[2] The former comune of Lavina also encompassed woodland and meadows on the surrounding mountain slopes, thus permitting some cattle breeding.[3]

The area of Lavina is prone to landslides, which caused heavvy damages both in the past[3] and in recent years.[4]

History

A first document referring to Lavina is of 1320 and mentions the parish church of Sant'Antonio Abate.[5] The "Statuti di Lavina" (Statutes of Lavina) were written in 1357, when the village was part of the Maro feud.[6] Those statutes regulated several mattere like the use of pastures and waters, municipal and judicial offices and several aspects of property transferts. In 1455 Lavina was given by the House of Ventimiglia to the Lascaris, along with the rest of the valley,[7] and so it passe under the control of the Contea di Tenda (Tende's county). Generally speaking Lavina followed the fate of Rezzo and of its valley, which was later absorbed by casa Savoia. The village was originally located in a place high on the river but it was destroyed by a landlside and had to be reconstructed in the present-day location.[8] Between XVIII and XIX Century, during the period defined by some historians French Regime, the comune of Lavina was united with the neighouring comune of Cenova.[3] Both the villages with the end of the First French Empire obtained again their authonomy[8] and maintained it until 1928. In that year they were both absorbed by the comune of Rezzo, so that the whole Giara valley was unified from the administrative point of view.[7]

Relevant buildings

Santuario della Madonna della Neve
  • Sant’Antonio Abate parish church, built in a late-baroque style in 1725 on a pre-existing building of the XIV century;
  • Madonna della Neve sanctuary;
  • Saint Jean the Baptist's oratory, dating back to XVI Century and located close to the parish church;
  • Saint Pantaleo chapel, with a triptych of the late XVI Century;
  • Saint Bernard's chapel, standing outside the village centre and still bearing some ancient frescoes.

Culture

Three architects who worked in Liguria and Piedmont between XVI and XVII century were born in Lavina:

  • Giovanni Antonio Ricca il Vecchio (the Old),
  • Giovanni Antonio Ricca il Giovane (the Young), 1688-1748,
  • Antonio Maria Ricca, 1660-1725.

Bibliography

  • Zuccagni-Orlandini, Attilio (1837). Corografia fisica, storica e statistica dell'Italia e delle sue isole corredata di un atlante (in Italian). p. 39.

References

  1. 1 2 Istat - 14º Censimento generale della popolazione e delle abitazioni
  2. ↑ "Limiti Amministrativi (Comunali, Provinciali, Regionali) sc. 1:25000". geoportale.regione.liguria.it. Regione Liguria. 2011. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  3. 1 2 3 Debartolomeis, Luigi (1847). Notizie topografiche e statistiche sugli stati sardi (in Italian). Torino: Chirio e Mina. p. 154. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Andrea Pomati (2017-02-18). "Rezzo, presto al via i lavori sulla frana di Lavina". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  5. ↑ Il territorio - La via Marenca (PDF) (in Italian). Comune di Rezzo. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  6. ↑ Del Giudice, Pasquale; Besta, Enrico (1925). Storia del diritto italiano (in Italian). 1. Hoepli. p. 606.
  7. 1 2 Gandolfo, Andrea (2005). "Rezzo". La provincia di Imperia: A-L (in Italian). Blu Edizioni.
  8. 1 2 Zuccagni-Orlandini, Attilio (1837). Corografia fisica, storica e statistica dell'Italia e delle sue isole corredata di un atlante (in Italian). p. 39.
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