Nervia Valley

The val Nervia is one of the more beautiful valleys of the Ligurian west. Long one about twenty of kilometers goes from the sea up to tops of the maritime Alps. The valley it is covered from the torrent from the name, the mouth is an area of naturalistic high interest..

Camporosso is the first country of the valley, he was under Ventimiglia dominion up to 1686, when one removed some Republic of the eight places to do part. To remember am San Pietro Romanesque church (sec. XI) indoors of the cemetery, her church parish, of the XV century, dedicated San Marco and the orator's one of the suffrage. Traditional appointments are the procession some 20 January, patron's San Sebastiano, holiday and the festival some "Barbagiuai", kind of fried pumpkin ravioli, that keeps the third on Sunday of September.

Dolceacqua is a rich medieval very beautiful history village. The part original of the village, called by the premises "to Téra", is what under the Doria, ancient feudatorys' of the place, castle that reaches by going by through the characteristic ones 'carrugi.' In the alleys present numerous shops artisan, where one can admire and buy typical products and cellars if "Rossese can taste wine are. The quarter of the 'village,' on the other shore of the river is reachable through a medieval bridge to only arcade. To visit, besides the castle, abbot is the baroque church of holy Antonio. The famous impressionist French Claude Monet did a subject for his pictures of Dolceacqua. More important demonstrations are, the procession San Sebastiano (20 January,) that performs in the Sunday several near the saint, and the 15 August the festival of the roll, a local typical cake. Other delights some hills about in country wine Rossese is. A wine of good structure and height of character, the history or the legend tells he was liked by Napoleone Bonaparte and Alessandro Farnese.

Rocchetta Nervina: The finds that were Abellio, (name of a celto Ligurian god) reveal an even pre-Roman origin in country to the light on the mountain. In the neighbourhood of the village interesting situated numerous presents, the votive kiosks on the paths of Oggia and Paù, the rural churches of S. Antonio, S. Bernardo and S. Lucia are; in country meriatano one visits the parish church, dedicated holy Stefano and the oratory of the very holy Annunziata. Numerous demonstrations take place in this council, to remember the goat's festival and beans on everybody.

Isolabona is a very ancient, defended from a castle with a square big thorium, restored some year back indoors of what one perform the mores importing summer demonstrations country of origin. Isolabona has three asked the parish ones of holy Maria Maddalena, Madonna's sanctuary of the graces and San Giovanni Battista church.

Apricale, strengthened medieval characteristic village, is one in countries characteristic and beautiful of the valley. At all to see the lizard's, already named from the 1092, castle, the bell tower of the fivehundred, San Bartolomeo oratory and Madonna's church of the angels are. Some fifteenth-century frescos are visible in Sant' Antonio church (XIII century.) In Pian neighbourhood of king a necropolis to sepulchral cairns of the age of the bronze, was found it, the more important cairn was composed by 10.000 stones destined to the burial of a warlike prince. Between the alleys in country we can see hips of the originals "murales. The summer we can be present at numerous demonstrations, an appointment by now fixed is the show of the theatre of the cough in Genoa. In the first Sunday of September one performs the tippica festival some Pansarole.

Pigna, for his past historian and the preciousness of the artistic patrimony monumental is the chief town of the valley. Country is given up by a medieval part and a new part. The ruins of the church of San Tommaso, San Bernardo church are among the mores noticing medieval testimonies. The church of San Michele (XV century) has the façade perforated by a Gothic rose-window with fifteenth-century glazed one that reproduces the twelve apostles. The historical center in country is much preserved well much, characteristic are alleys of the village. As regards the demonstrations and some comedy intemelia (August,) and the parties to San Michele are to mention the festival of the poetry. In country is present also an interesting museum of the rural civilization.

Castelvittorio: The village has the typical look in Ligurian rise countries and dominates the valley from magnificent one position. In origin called Castel Dho, he changed name in Castelfranco and finally in Castelvittorio. Country is surrounded by uliveti and chestnut woods where one can visit rural numerous churches. In the village one still find elements of the military original structures. "L'astregu" centres the house public one on the little square, and the church. The legend of the theft, of Pignaschi, of the bell of Castelvittorio, repayed by Castelvittorio inhabitants with purloining some ciappe that were paving the square of Pigna, gives back testimony of his relationship of rivalry with Pigna.

Buggio is a Pigna fraction and one finds kilometers to about 5 from his council. The small country small that rises per feet of the mountains Toraggio and Pietravecchia preserves the characteristics typical of the medieval village. The tradition tells the first bishop in Nice, San Syagrio, went to Buggio for cresimare the children.

Bajardo is a picturesque village between pines and chestnuts to 900 meters on level of the sea, by the val dominates Nervia, offering spectacular one sight of the Ligurian and maritime Alps. Was property some family some Doria that made him a strengthened bulwark, then passed to the marquises of Ceva that gave it in consequence of the Republic in Genoa. To the beginning dell'800 was incorporated to the kingdom of Sardinia. In epoch pre-Roman in the point higher of the built-up area a pagan temple was rising and above these ruins he was built the old church. Built in the' 700 undergoed the same destiny as the country struck by the disastrous earthquake some February of 1887, when more than one fourth of the population died. In the orator's of San Salvatore, in square de Sonnaz, admiring the polyptych said "about the transfiguration is possible "and in the civic picture-gallery one finds a value painting collection. Bajardo is reachable for S. Remo, from the valley Armea, San Romolo but also give her ramparts Argentina, Oxentina and Nervia. The party of " the boat, "that takes place during the Whitsun, is Bajardo traditional one attraction.

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