Manno

Manno is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

History

Manno is first mentioned in 1184.

In 1298, the Bishop of Como owned estates in the village. In 1335, the village divided into two sections, Manno superiore and Manno inferiore, both of which belonged to the Kastlanei of Grumo which was a district of Gravesano. The parish of St. Peter's Church is still tied to Gravesano. The Oratory of St. Rocco was built in 1597 on the foundations of an earlier chapel.

Until the 1950s, the region was predominantly agricultural. In recent decades, it has grown due an influx of commuters who work in Lugano. Due to good transportation connections numerous industrial and commercial businesses have settled in the municipality. Manno has also become an important service center, since 1992 it is the seat of the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre. In 1990-96 it was home to the UBS administrative center for Suglio-Lugano and since 1997 the Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (university of Italian Switzerland). In 2005, the services sector provided nearly four fifths of the jobs in the community.

Mannō, Kagawa

Mannō (まんのう町, Mannō-chō) is a town located in Nakatado District, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.

As of September 2011, the town has an estimated population of 19,933. The total area is 194.33 km².

On March 20, 2006, Mannō (満濃町) absorbed the towns of Chūnan and Kotonami, both from Nakatado District, to form the new and expanded town of Mannō (まんのう町).

Geography

Manno is located by the northern foothills of the Sanuki Mountain Ranges in southern Kagawa Prefecture. In the center of Manno is Manno Lake, the largest irrigation reservoir in Japan.

History

The town of Manno was formed on March 20, 2006, as a result of a municipal merger between the towns of Manno (満濃町), Chunan (仲南町), and Kotonami (琴南町). The written name of Manno was designated as まんのう町 at this time.

Tourism

To see

Nestled in the mountains, this lake reservoir is one of the largest in Japan, with a volume of 15,400,000 m³. Kagawa has low rainfall, so rain dances and water reservoirs have been important throughout history, particularly for rice production. The original dam was built here about 1,300 years ago, from 701 to 704 by Michimori Ason. In 821 the dam lay in disrepair and a larger version was built by the infamous Kobo Daishi (Kukai) on the Emperor’s request. Since then the dam has fallen into disrepair and been rebuilt 3 times to reach its current size.