Argentina Valley

Taggia is a most important villane of the "Riviera dei Fiori" ricco di storia, tra le costruzioni più importanti ricordiamo le nove torri, cinque delle quali ancora ben conservate, i due palazzi Asdente (1473), il palazzo Anfossi (1578), il palazzo Curlo (1448), il palazzo Vivaldi (1458), il palazzo Pastorelli, il convento dei frati cappuccini, la basilica dei Santi Giacomo e Filippo (1483), la chiesa della S.S. Trinità (1690), le chiese di SanFabiano e San Sebastiano (1663), la chiesa di San Benedetto (1452), la chiesa di Santa Maria del Canneto e la Madonna del Sacro Cuore. Between the demonstrations principal San Benedetto (12 February) with the ancient tradition of the "Furgari, the party agricultural one of the Magdalene with the characteristic " dance of the death "and party holy Giacomo's and Filippo's patronal one (3 May) .

Badalucco in Argentine valley is a medieval country built on the ruins of a castle. To see the bridge to two arcs of holy Lucia and that to the country to back of donkey to three arcs exit. In the historical center San Nicolò church built on the ruins of the castle, the church of San Francesco and in the immediate neighbourhood Madonna's sanctuary of the snow. Between the more characteristic parties the party patronal one of S. Giorgio, the Madonna of the snow and to September the festival of " the Stocafissu to Baucogna.

Molini di Triora..... Witchs' country. The legend tells the Benedictines to, omiting the prehistoric and Ligurian, tribe be the first inhabitants of the valley Argentina. News have some existence of a center already lived in in the 972, but the well-documented history talks about small piers about the XIII century under the dominion of Ventimiglia, in the 1797 came in to do part of the Ligurian Republic. Places to visit are S. oratories crosier and of S. Bernardo, the Madonna of the Montà, S. Lorenzo parish martyr, the witchs' source and Madonna's sanctuary of Lourdes in fraction Glori. S Lorenzo patronal party and the snail's festival are between the more important demonstrations.

Realdo rises above one falesia what strapiomba for about 300 meters. The shepherds brigaschi of S. Antonio built in this place one of the urban principal centers of the area brigasca, the good exposure, the water source presence and the possibility of defending the site well supported the development. Very characteristic the village " cut "from the typical alleys and carrugi.

Verdeggia Saccarello rises, to further on 1000 meters of altitude, under the mountain and he constitutes the alpine permanent higher area of the Liguria and employers' one settlements brigaschi with Realdo and Carmeli. Inhabitants overworked all possible land building of the terraces on what cultivations were full of high share (up to 1600-1800 meters of altitude) of cereals, potatoes, pulses and vegetableses. Another activity very important for country the extraction of the slate already used in the Middle Ages. Her houses built in stone and lime, the gallery and the terraces in wood and the roofs covered with ciappe are typical of the Alpine settlements of the area brigasca .

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