Antica via romana Julia Augusta, da Albenga a Alassio
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From Albenga (Albingaunum) to Alassio, walking on the roman Via Julia Augusta, whose renovation began in 13 BC by Emperor Augustus in order to complete the link road between Rome and the south coast of Gaul, arriving in Arles. Wonderful stroll.
Tratto residuo della via consolare che univa Roma alla Gallia, giungendo fino ad Arles. Splendida passeggiata
Places to see in ( Albenga - Italy )
Places to see in ( Albenga - Italy )
Albenga is a city and comune situated on the Gulf of Genoa on the Italian Riviera in the Province of Savona in Liguria, northern Italy. Albenga has the nickname of city of a hundred spires. The economy is mostly based on tourism, local commerce and agriculture. Albenga has six hamlets: San Fedele, Lusignano, Campochiesa, Leca, Bastia, Salea.
The name of Albenga comes from the Latin Albíngaunum that comes from Album Ingaunum, that is means the capital city + genitive plural in -um. The ethnonym Ingauni ing consists of Indo-European origin, and a name of Gaul-ligurian land. Albenga is located in the west Riviera. It has a homonymous plain at the mouth of the river Centa, which over the centuries has been the architect of the Albenga's plain, remodeling the ground several times and forcing the Albenganesi to adopt embankments and bridges since its foundation. Until the 17th century, it based its economy on maritime trade, as the city was built on the delta of the Centa and was surrounded by walls and bridges. With the closure of other roads estuary delta, which occurred first at the hands of the Genoese and later as the work of nature, now the river runs along the center flowing to the estuary.
Built on the ancient orthogonal structure that had the current Via Medaglie d'oro and Via Enrico d'Aste respectively as the Roman camp main road axes (cardo and decumanus), the town has its planimetric hub in the historical San Michele Square. Around it some palaces were built, which were historically the seats of political and religious authorities. Cathedral of St Michael Archangel built on the basic structures of the early Christian basilica put up by orders of Constantius III between the 4th and 5th century, it has a façade with traces of the transformation from Romanesque to Gothic. From this same period are the two lateral portals of the main facade and a third one the left side of the church, that hosts a restored Lombard bas-relief; the central portal dates from 1669.
Albenga Baptistery is located to the side of the Cathedral, as it was typical of the early Christian structures, and can be visited from the Loggia of the old City Hall Palace. It has an octagonal interior dating to the 5th century. The current appearance dates from a late 19th-century restoration work, carried on by Alfredo D'Andrade. During those works, the original basin vaulted roof, built with the Byzantine-Ravennate technique of the tubi fittili (terracotta tubes), was completely destroyed. The mosaic decorations of the vault of the presbytery go back to the 5th and 6th centuries.
Restructured by Emperor Augustus in 13 BC, the Via Julia Augusta was the most important communication link in the Riviera up until the construction of the Napoleonic road closer to the sea, the current site of the Via Aurelia. Its path, with plenty of Roman buildings destined to funerary celebrations, makes an archaeological walk beautiful also from a panoramic an naturalistic point of view. Albenga is also home to the remains of a Roman amphitheatre dating from the 3rd century BC. Also in the mount area is the Palaeo-Christian Basilica of S. Calocero (4th–5th century). It was built on the latter martyr's tomb.
Pontelungo (Long Bridge), the only documented medieval bridge (c. 13th century). The Sanctuary of Nostra Signora di Pontelungo (early 18th century) is located nearby. Palazzo Peloso Cepolla (16th century). It has a corner tower from the 13th century. The entrance hall houses a fresco depicting the Roman usurper Proculus, while the piano nobile has several Renaissance and Roman marble busts. Torre Oddo, a tower with typical Ghibelline merlons. The piazzetta dei Leoni (Lions' Small Square), located between the cathedral's apse and the Costa family medieval buildings.
Besides being an important historical town, Albenga is a coastal and touristic resort town of the Riviera Ligure. Its coasts has a length of some 4 km of fine sand mixed with pebbles, with bathing establishments, divided in small public beaches and other managed and fully equipped. The sea promenade is 3 km long. The Gallinara island is less than one naval mile from Albenga.
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Places to see in ( Finale Ligure - Italy )
Places to see in ( Finale Ligure - Italy )
Finale Ligure is a comune on the Gulf of Genoa in the Province of Savona in Liguria, Italy. It is considered part of the Italian Riviera. Known for its white sand beaches and its views, Finale Ligure is located directly adjacent to the Rock of Caprazoppa, a steep limestone mountain on the southwest, and much of the town extends up hill slopes. The town has a lively commercial district. The boardwalk is lined with palm trees and many restaurants from the adjacent street have located large, open-air dining rooms along it.
The town of Finale Ligure is nominally divided into three boroughs. Finale Ligure Marina (Finalmarina) is the main seaside part of the town, most frequented by tourists, while Finale Pia (Finalpia) is the traditional center of the town, where a Benedictine abbey still stands. Finalborgo, the third borough and located further inland, consists of an old walled medieval town built at the joncion of two streams: Aquila and Pora.
Finale Ligure has furthermore some frazioni: Varigotti, an appreciated and characteristic seaside holiday destination, which was an important port in Roman and Byzantine times; Perti, also an ancient center with Roman and Medieval ruins, up into the entroterra (interior); Le Manie (e Magne in local dialect), a plateau partly cultivated, partly left to pine forest and Mediterranean Bush; Gorra, a panoramic hamlet along the steep road to the Alpine forests of Melogno pass; San Bernardino, a recent set of buildings and residences on the top of the hill overlooking Finale Marina. The territory surrounding Finale is known as Il Finale, and not Il Finalese as sometimes wrongly spelled; it is made up of limestone plateaus and canyons which host a significant biodiversity and important remains of Roman and Medieval times.
Caves attesting the presence of human settlements in the area as early as the Neolithic age have been found. During the Roman times, the burgh of Finale was known as Ad Fines (On the Border), as it marked the boundary between two of the main Ligurian tribes: the Sabatii in the east, and the Intemelii in the west.
In Roman times the area hosted a road and post station named Pollupex (Pollupice, in Italian) along the via Julia Augusta; it is supposed that it was situated where nowadays the frazione of Calvisio stands. Important was in those times also the port of Varicottis (Varigotti), now interred, as were the fortifications in Perti (Castrum Perticae, active to the Middle Ages), later integrated into the Byzantine lines against the Ostrogoths and Lombards.
Alot to see in Finale Ligure such as :
Castel Gavone, the former seat of the Del Carretto Marquesses. It was allegedly built by the Enrico II Del Carretto in 1181. Destroyed during the struggles with Genoa, it was rebuilt in 1451–52. In 1715 it was largely dismantled by the Genoese after their conquest of the Marquisate.
Castel San Giovanni, a 17th-century Spanish fort just above the old walled town.
Castello Vuillermin, a castle dating from the early 20th century which is now converted into a youth hostel. It sits on the mountains directly above the town.
Basilica of St. John the Baptist (1619–75), with two bell towers from 1762.
Church of Santa Maria di Pia, rebuilt in 1725–28. It houses works from the 16th century and has a 13th-century bell tower.
Church of San Biagio, rebuilt in 1630–50. It has maintained an octagonal tower from the 15th century.
Church of Sant'Eusebio, with parts in Romanesque style. Noteworthy are the Gothic apse and the 11th-century crypt.
Church of Sant'Antonino, with a 12th-century crypt.
Church of San Bartolomeo apostolo, in the frazione of Gorra. It has a Gothic bell tower with three floors of mullioned windows.
Church of San Lorenzo, between Varigotti and Capo Noli. It has Romanesque bell tower from the 12th century.
Former convent of Santa Caterina, founded in 1359 and rebuilt in Renaissance times with the addition of two cloisters. It is now home to the town museum.
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Hot spot Balzi Rossi Beach - swim Med Sea in Jan-ViaAugusta to Italy
Hot spot French Italian Riviera, also called Petit Afrique,
The Balzi Rossi Caves are located in the village of Grimaldi.
The almost vertical white Mountains reflect the Sun like a
mirror to heat the bay and the sea, so People like to swim Mediterranean Sea
in January. It's also the historic Roman Empire Road Via Julia Augusta,
some travelled here in desperate situations to find new Life on the way.
Looks a little bit like Corsica.
Alassio, Albenga, Italy. Cycling Italy's Fascinating coast. Fatih Aksoy
Hard work cycling this coastline. There were a few stiff hills. But because of this amazing coastline views and its friendly people, I didn't mind at all. Alassio, Albenga- Italian Riviera. Ligurian Sea. On the way to Genoa. Italian Riviera. I love it! Amazing Road and full of beautiful views.
ALBENGA Italien Ligurien Riviera dei fiori
Die Stadt Albenga hat ihren mittelalterlichen Kern erhalten in dessen Zentrum sich die Piazza San Michele mit der nach dem Erzengel Michael benannten Kathedrale befindet.
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Places to see in ( Ventimiglia - Italy )
Places to see in ( Ventimiglia - Italy )
Ventimiglia is a city, comune and bishopric in Liguria, northern Italy, in the province of Imperia. It is located 130 km northwest of Genoa by rail, and 7 km from the French-Italian border, on the Gulf of Genoa, having a small harbour at the mouth of the Roia River, which divides the town into two parts. Ventimiglia's urban area has a population of 55,000.
The name derives from ancient Ligurian dialect, in Latin(ized?) “Albium Intemelium”, meaning capital city of the Intemelii. Ventimiglia is the ancient Albium Intemelium, the capital of the Intemelii, a Ligurian tribe which long resisted the Romans, until in 115 BC it was forced to submit to Marcus Aemilius Scaurus. Albintimilium became a municipium in 89 BC. In AD 69 the city was sacked by the army of Otho and Vitellius, but recovered to remain prosperous into the 5th century, surrounded by walls with cylindrical towers built at each change of direction.
Remains of a Roman theatre (first half of the 2nd century) are visible, and remains of many other buildings have been discovered, among them traces of the ancient city walls, a fine mosaic, found in 1852 but at once destroyed, and a number of tombs to the west of the theatre. The ruins of the ancient Albintimilium are situated in the plain of Nervia, c. 2 kilometres (1 mile) to the east of the modern town.
The caves of the Balzi Rossi have proved rich in palaeolithic remains of the Quaternary period. Remains of a family of Cro-Magnon people were discovered, with several skeletons of men, women and children. Very important architecturally and historically is the ancient medieval city centre, perched on a hill overlooking the new town.
The Church of San Michele Arcangelo was erected in the 10th century by the Counts of Ventimiglia on the foundations of a pagan temple. Later it was entrusted to the Benedictines of Lirins. In the 11th-12th centuries it was rebuilt in Romanesque style. In 1628 it lost the aisles after an earthquake. It houses milestones from the old Via Iulia Augusta, two of which are used as stoups and one supports the crypt's vault.
The present Romanesque Cathedral dedicated to the Assumption, Cattedrale di Nostra Signora Assunta,, with an 11th-century baptistery, see of the present Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo (just Ventimiglia until 1957, founded 670), is built on the ruins of an earlier Lombard church, which in turn was on the site of a Roman building, possibly a temple. The municipal library has the second largest collection of 17th-century manuscripts and books in Italy (the biggest collection is in Venice).
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (Hanbury Botanical Gardens), surrounding the villa of Sir Thomas Hanbury, La Mortola, are the biggest in Italy and among the finest in Europe, boasting many varieties of tropical and sub-tropical species that thrive in this mild climate. Near Ventimiglia are the Genoese fortresses of Castel d'Appio, Forte San Paolo and Fortezza dell'Annunziata.
Ventimiglia is a popular summer destination for tourists on the French Riviera. Particularly popular all year with visitors from France is the weekly street market (held on a Friday), along the seafront of the new town, which causes major traffic congestion.
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Io Sono Liguria
#IosonoLIGURIA . Collage di video trovati in rete che testimoniano l'amore che indigeni e foresti nutrono per questa regione. Omaggio da Bordighera ad una Terra spesso martoriata da eventi climatici , ma sempre pronta a rialzarsi ! Noi liguri mugugnamo molto. Non siamo mai contenti e siamo sempre pronti a lamentarci delle nostre città e dalla nostra regione.
Noi possiamo, ma guai a chi ce la tocca: se un “foresto” prova a fare una critica, Apriti Cielo !!
Montaggio amatoriale di Gianluca Gazzano per chi ha voglia di Condividere le Nostre Bellezze. Nei commenti saranno segnalati i link di origine dei vari video. Segnalateci nei commenti i vostri luoghi liguri del Cuore....Video originali da Youtube : A Tour of Sanremo, Italy
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(27.9.-4.10.2014)
- b&b Nel Blu (appartamento):
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- Camminata/Walking Capo Mele-Colla Micheri
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Santo Stefano al Mare, Italy - camera on board
The parish church of Santo Stefano Promartire was rebuilt in the eighteenth century, although it has kept its original Romanesque columns and capitals. The façade, bell tower and interior were rebuilt in the twentieth century; it preserves a fifteenth-century christening font, a statue showing the martyrdom of San Sebastiano by a Dutch sculptor and some interesting paintings by Carrega and the Brea brothers.
The recently-restored seventeenth-century oratory of Santo Cristo is situated near the parish church and preserves a fine wooden crucifix. Scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary are sculpted on the stone bas-relief by Vicenza that adorns the portal.
The large Torre beach leads onto a stretch of coast where the sand gradually gives way to coastal rocks. The underwater environment is ideal for diving and all kinds of sea sports: from sailing to windsurfing and canoeing.
The seafront of Santo Stefano has a leisure port called Marina degli Argai, one of the best of its kind in Liguria.
The seaside town of Santo Stefano al Mare is of Roman origin, as is shown by the remains of a bridge over which the Via Julia Augusta once passed and by fragments of ceramic objects made here. In mediaeval times, the barbarian invaders from the north and the constant Saracen incursions forced the inhabitants to flee the from the coast and look for a safer place inland at the foot of the Sansteivi hill, where the first nucleus of Villa Sancti Stephani was built.
Archaeological excavations have led to the discovery of the foundations of the Benedictine abbey and pottery fragments, although no traces have been found of the monastery, the churches or the houses.
From 1353, when the territory fell under the dominion of the Republic of Genoa, the inhabitants began to come back down towards the coast; in order to defend themselves from Saracen invasions in the sixteenth century, they built a polygonal fortification at the mouth of the Rio Torre, which is today shared by the town hall and an old people's home.
San Stefano al Mare is one of the villages in the province of Imperia which lies in the Liguria region. There are several other villages near San Stefano al Mare, and they include: Terzorio (3.2 km), Riva Ligure (1.5 km) and Cavi (1.6 km). Take the highway exit to Arma di Taggia and follow Via Beglini until you see the SS1 branching off to the left towards Genova . Follow the SS1 until you reach Santo Stefano al Mare.
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Tal e Federico wedding
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Il matrimonio di Tal e Federico al Grand Hotel Miramare a Santa Margherita Ligure.
Capo Mortola ed i giardini botanici di villa Hanbury
Ad ovest di Ventimiglia, poco prima del confine italo-francese, imboccando una strada in leggero declivio che scende verso il mare, si giunge alla baia di Latte. Cinta a ponente dal promontorio dei Giardini Botanici Hanbury, la Piana di Latte è attraversata dallantica via romana Julia Augusta, che si snoda parallela alla costa, delimitando il confine delle proprietà prospicienti il mare. Fin dal 500 la nobiltà ventimigliese scelse questo luogo per trascorrere la villeggiatura sia per il clima particolarmente mite sia per la bellezza naturale del sito. Recenti ritrovamenti nel sottosuolo, in prossimità della spiaggia, avvalorano lipotesi che già al tempo dei Romani al centro della baia esistesse una villa marittima rustico-residenziale. E ancora oggi nella Piana di Latte si possono contare quasi una ventina di dimore per la villeggiatura, la maggior parte delle quali presenta il nucleo originario a torre, tipico elemento delle case fortificate, costruito per la difesa contro le incursioni dei pirati che infestavano le coste nel XVI secolo. Col venir meno degli attacchi dal mare, alcuni edifici sono stati ampliati ed arricchiti nei secoli successivi con decori, stucchi ed affreschi, senza alterare le armoniche proporzioni tra il paesaggio costruito e il paesaggio naturale. Al di là dei portali barocchi, che si aprono a fornice maestosi lungo i muri di pietra che serrano lantica via, si intravede lombreggiare di uliveti secolari, si scorgono i bagliori del mare, si aspirano antiche fragranze. Ed è qui che un frammento del passato della terra di Liguria sembra essersi impigliato per un casuale accidente, sospeso fra lazzurro del cielo, il profumo dei fiori e il rumore delle onde che si frangono poco lontano.
Vittorio Veneto Italy Travel video
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Palio dei Rioni 2012 in Albenga.
It celebrated the Holy Roman Empire in Albenga,
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Vence, France
We're going to the little medieval village of Vence and then continuing on to St. Paul, perhaps the gem of this day's touring. And you go by public bus, it's quite inexpensive -- It just costs about four dollars to get from one town to the next, takes a half an hour, and we arrive in Vence. This, too, is the typical Provençal village. It used to have a wall around it. You see this gateway -- that was part of the original fortified wall around the village, and any time you have a wall and a medieval village, you're likely to find a well-preserved old town, as we have done once again. here in Vence. It has the smallest cathedral in Provence, and we has a couple of little town squares, more of these arches across the street forming a tunnel-like atmosphere as you wander these narrow lanes. You notice it strictly for pedestrians. These roads are much too narrow for cars to get through. Of course the odd delivery car might come through, but during the day it's a very peaceful spot, particularly in the off-season.
In the bend of a pleasant road some thirteen miles from Nice stands Vence, 1,065 feet above the level of the Mediterranean. On reaching Vence by the Nice road the first gate that is come upon is the Signadour Gate, of the fourteenth century, with a pointed arch, and it opens at the base of a rough, old tower. Some way to the right of it is the East Gate, which is much more ample, has a rounded arch, and passes directly through the outer wall into the mysterious shadows of the town. It is credited to the eighteenth century.' Vence is a very quiet, dreamy place. The town stands on a rocky promontory, nearly a thousand feet above the sea, looking down into a deep ravine.
The town of old Vence is small with a maze of narrow streets crowded with houses of great age. within the walls of the town there is much to attract the student of ancient history. Who first marked out this storied spot for human habitation we cannot tell. We know from Ptolemy that it was at a very early period the capital of a primitive Ligurian tribe called the Nerusii. They had a series of forts, which are still standing, and called by the people castellaras, built in a very massive manner of huge blocks of stone without cement, crowning the tops of the high rocks and hills in the neighbourhood ; and to these they fled for refuge when hard pressed by the Roman legions.
VENCE is a very ancient place with a long history: It was occupied in turn by the Phoenicians, Phoceans and Gauls. But by-and-by the town was conquered by the Romans, and under the name Civitas Venticulum, speedily attained to great importance as a central commissariat depot for the army. It was one of the eight principal cities of the province of the Maritime Alps, and possessed a forum, an aqueduct carrying to it the delicious water of the Lubiana, two temples dedicated to Mars and to Cybele, many splendid palaces ; and included among its inhabitants many persons of high rank, besides a large body of priests and magistrates. When the Romans came they established on this secluded spot an imperial city. It seems to have been not so much a military station as an outpost of the picturesque faith of Rome, a kind of Canterbury in the backwoods of Provence. They called the place Ventium, and some indication of its ancient boundaries can still be traced. It is known to the historian by its temples. Vence has still about it a sense of the presence of eternal Rome, whose sons found in this place a second Italy ; Ventium Cassaris was a military base of great importance in the days of imperial Rome. During the Middle Ages it was a stronghold of the Holy Roman Empire.
It stands on the side of a fertile hill more than a thousand feet above the sea. The site was probably chosen because of the wall of rocks on the north which shelter it from the mistral, a wind that the Romans found as little to their liking as later interlopers. In peace as in war the outside world has never been able to keep away from the Riviera. But only behind the cathedral is there any remnant of imperial Rome. A granite column supporting an arch, and reliefs and inscriptions built in the north wall of the cathedral, are all that's left. At the beginning of the Christian era it was connected by a splendid road, a branch of the old Via Julia Augusta, with Cimies, Vado, and the southern Italian routes, along which an extensive traffic was carried. Fragments of this road have been found in different places between Vence and Cimies, consisting of large slabs of pavement with layers of masonry on either side, and ruined tombs, which, according to the custom of the Romans, lined both sides of the public ways. Vence was ravaged, in due course by both Saracens and Lombards. It played but a minor part in those later turmoils which disrupted the rest of Provence.