Community maps, Wednesday 18 June in the Castagnola Concert Hall

Post on: 17.06.2025

The Community Maps project continues; : Wednesday 18 June, in the Castagnola concert hall, the the result of the workshops carried out by the population of the districts of Brè, Castagnola and Gandria, and the update of the dedicated site mappe.luganocultura.ch

La Città of Lugano, with its 21 districts, preserves peculiar social and cultural practices, which partly differ from place to place, characterizing the municipal fabric in a varied way. To transmit the culture linked to local traditions in the neighborhoods and places that bear witness to it, the Culture Division is carrying out the project " Community maps ”. This initiative is aimed at preserving oral culture and handing it down to the new generations, also through the use of digital technologies.

The Community Map not è only a useful tool for collecting data, but first and foremost a means to build a network of interest and knowledge, of social and cultural relationships. Its adoption as a working tool favors a participatory approach to the culture and knowledge of the territory, contributing to the consolidation of the sense of community. Making a Community Map means creating a " paper Identity ” of the territory based on the perceptions and experience of the inhabitants. & A an opportunity to reflect on the tangible and intangible cultural heritage that surrounds us, and to tell the story of the city, sharing those aspects that everyone believes to be the most important. significant.

The project, which began in October of 2023, has already involved the population of the districts of Sonvico, Dino, Cadro and Villa Luganese; now è the time to present the contents relating to the districts of Brè, Castagnola and Gandria. The mapping work is continuing on the rest of the territory of the City.

The maps were prepared by the inhabitants who participated in the meetings, telling what they did. that they consider important: art, places of yesterday and today, buildings, customs, crafts, recipes, traditions and memories have gone to compose a community charter, designed to be handed down and told both at the of the territory that towards the external.

Thanks to a dedicated website, è It has been possible to organize the materials proposed by citizens and present them on an interactive digital map, which allows them to have at a glance Keep an eye on the salient points of the territory that emerged from the individual discussions. We learn, for example, that Domenico Giambonini, from Gandria, won the team bronze medal in rapid pistol shooting at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics and that his è it was the first Ticino medal at the Olympics; or that in Gandria, the hens were placed a basket

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Behind the queue so not to drop the egg in the lake, or even that at least since the eighties of the Nineteenth century, in Caprino, the The sun arrives in early February and the owners of the wineries meet on this occasion for lunch and to spend a day in the community. There is also information relating to material cultural heritage, such as votive chapels, churches, oratories or service buildings or information relating to famous people, which are very numerous in the three districts.

" The works of the project " Community maps ", which continued through the districts of Brè, Castagnola and Gandria, saw the participation of numerous inhabitants eager to share knowledge about their territory – said the Deputy Mayor of Lugano Roberto Badaracco, Head of the Department of Culture, Sport and Events. “ These meetings show how sensitive the population is to the history and care of the landscape; moreover, the availability on the dedicated website of the stories and data collected allows to increase knowledge about local traditions and the varied cultural heritage of the City; and to pass it on to the younger generations as well".

Wednesdayì 18 June 2025 at 6.00 pm, at the Castagnola Concert Hall, the results of this second phase and the updated website will be presented.

The project è available on the website mappe.luganocultura.ch