Albenga, Medieval city center in Savona Province, Italy
Albenga is a commune in Savona Province with a fortified core where narrow lanes wind around a central square. Brick walls encircle the historic center, which extends inland from the coast and is bounded by a riverbed.
The settlement began in the 4th century BC as a trading post for Ligurian tribes by the sea. It became part of the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC and grew into a harbor city with a regular street plan.
The name comes from a time when Ligurian tribes farmed the land. Today visitors notice the many red brick arches and slender towers rising above low houses.
The center lies roughly half a mile (about one kilometer) from the train station and is reachable on foot in a few minutes. The entrance through the old city gate leads directly to the main lanes, where shops and small eateries line up.
The fifth century produced a baptistry with ten exterior sides and eight interior sides, which still houses an ancient font and early Christian mosaics from the sixth century. The unusual geometry makes it a rare example of early Christian building craft in northern Italy.
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Historic centre of Albenga
31 m
Parco Acquatico Le Caravelle
4.5 km
Albenga Cathedral
13 m
Albenga Baptistery
19 m
Riserva naturale regionale dell' Isola di Gallinara
2.9 km
Ponte Rosso di Albenga
251 m
Palazzo Oddo
122 m
Albingaunum amphitheatre
641 m
Palazzo Peloso Cepolla
63 m
Roman thermae of Albenga
262 mSan Calocero al Monte
601 m
Baba Beach
2.1 km
Museo Navale Romano
66 m
Seminario Vescovile
125 mRiserva naturale regionale di Rio Torsero
4.9 km
San Bernardino da Siena
872 m
Diocesan Museum of Albenga
50 m
Fortino di Albenga
907 m
Organo della cattedrale di San Michele Arcangelo ad Albenga
46 m
Museo paleontologico "Silvio Lai"
5.4 km
Civico museo ingauno
50 m
Villa D'Aste
3.2 km
Bagni Derna
1.1 km
Torre Cazzulini
60 m
Torre Civica
6.7 km
Sacro Cuore
533 m
Castello di Bezzo
8 km
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