{"id":5647,"date":"2023-09-05T13:36:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/15-the-laundress\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T09:41:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:41:44","slug":"the-laundress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/en\/the-laundress\/","title":{"rendered":"15. The laundress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1414.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:2%;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-selfhosted-video\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-wrapper\"><video playsinline=\"true\" width=\"100%\" style=\"object-fit: cover;\" preload=\"auto\" controls=\"1\"><source src=\"https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/15-LA-LAVANDAIA-EN.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">Sorry, your browser doesn&#039;t support embedded videos.<\/video><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1414.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.56%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.56%;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.56%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.56%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:25px;--awb-margin-bottom:70px;--awb-margin-top-small:30px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:60px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\">15. The laundress<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color8);--awb-margin-bottom:80px;\"><p>This sculpture, placed on the lakefront in 2010, pays tribute to the hundreds of women who spent long hours washing and rinsing the family clothes on the shores of the lake in the past. There, they exchanged news, shared their misfortunes, gossiped and sang traditional folk.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"383\" title=\"lavandaia\" src=\"https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lavandaia.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lavandaia.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-4806\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27617%27%20height%3D%27383%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20617%20383%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27617%27%20height%3D%27383%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lavandaia-200x124.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lavandaia-400x248.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lavandaia-600x372.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lavandaia.jpg 617w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:100px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1414.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:25px;--awb-margin-bottom:70px;--awb-margin-top-small:30px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:60px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\">The history<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:25px;--awb-margin-bottom:70px;--awb-margin-top-small:30px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:60px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">The history<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>The bronze sculpture by Dario Verda, gifted by the sculptor to the municipality of Bissone, depicts one of these women, bent over the water, rubbing the fabric on the wooden board with a large piece of soap. An ancient gesture which expresses the hard work of women in our villages when life still depended on nature\u2019s resources. Next to her is a basket of clothes that were hung out to dry on the lines stretched along the shores, where the nets awaited expert hands. Similar scenes took place in nearby villages in the wash houses, fed by spring waters.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1414.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1404\" title=\"Bissone-riva-lago-anni-60-Storie-di-Bissone\" src=\"https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bissone-riva-lago-anni-60-Storie-di-Bissone.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bissone-riva-lago-anni-60-Storie-di-Bissone.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-4803\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271920%27%20height%3D%271404%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201920%201404%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271920%27%20height%3D%271404%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bissone-riva-lago-anni-60-Storie-di-Bissone-200x146.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bissone-riva-lago-anni-60-Storie-di-Bissone-400x293.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bissone-riva-lago-anni-60-Storie-di-Bissone-600x439.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bissone-riva-lago-anni-60-Storie-di-Bissone-800x585.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bissone-riva-lago-anni-60-Storie-di-Bissone-1200x878.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vedibissone.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bissone-riva-lago-anni-60-Storie-di-Bissone.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bissone in the 1960s \u2013 from the book \u201cStorie di Bissone\u201d, Fontana Edition, 2024<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5647","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>15. 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