Albissola Marina (Ligurian: A Moenn-a d'Arbisseua[3]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of Genoa and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast of Savona.
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| Coordinates: 44°20′N 8°30′E / 44.333°N 8.500°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Liguria |
| Province | Savona (SV) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gianluca Nasuti |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Population (30 April 2017)[2] | |
| • Total | 5,411 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Albissolesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 17012 |
| Dialing code | 019 |
| Website | Official website |
The 16th-century Spaniard Gonzalo Argote de Molina identified Albissola Marina as the birthplace of Christopher Columbus, though the details of Columbus' origin remain a matter of dispute.[4]
History
editAlbissola Marina was a settlement of the Ingauni (a tribe of the Ligures), later conquered by the Romans and called Alba Docilia (now in the communal territory of Albisola Superiore). During the fall of the Western Roman Empire, barbaric invasions led to the division of the town in two different boroughs, one on the seaside and another at the hills' feet.[5]
In the High Middle Ages it was part of the county of Vado, and then of the marquisate of Savona and that of Albisola (1122). In the early 12th century the two Albissolas founded a joined commune whose main activities included trading, agriculture, fishing and ceramics production; after years of struggle, it went under the Genoese control starting from 1251. In 1343 Albisola, together with the communes of Celle Ligure and Varazze, swore allegiance to the Republic of Genoa, to which they remained (with a certain degree of autonomy) until 1797, when the area was conquered by the Napoleonic troops.
After 1815, Albissola followed the history of the Kingdom of Sardinia and, later, the Kingdom of Italy. It became part of the newly formed province of Savona in 1927.
Main sights
edit- Parish church of Nostra Signora della Concordia (16th century, with an early 20th-century façade). It houses sculptures by Anton Maria Maragliano (17th century)
- Oratory of St. Joseph (17th century)
- Villa Faraggiana, an 18th-century patrician villa built by the Durazzo family.
- Lungomare degli artisti ("Seaside of the Artists"), including about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) of mosaics executed in 1963 by artists such as Giuseppe Capogrossi, Roberto Crippa, Agenore Fabbri, Lucio Fontana, Wifredo Lam, Aligi Sassu, Eliseo Salino and Asger Jorn.[5]
- Asger Jorn Villa [1]
References
edit- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ Frisoni, Gaetano [in Italian] (1910). Dizionario Genovese-Italiano e Italiano-Genovese (in Italian). Genoa: Nuova Editrice Genovese.
- ^ (in Spanish) Argote de Molina, Gonzalo. "Nobleza del Andaluzia." Por Fernando Diaz, 1588. pp. 246–247. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- ^ a b dalla Guida d'Italia-Liguria del Touring Club Italiano. Milan: Mondadori. 2007.
External links
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