Lavagna

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Lavagnaisatouristportcityinthecurving
stretchoftheItalianRivieradiLevantecalledthe
gulfofTigullio,intheprovinceofGenoain
Liguria.TheborgoofLavagnawasanimportant
LigurianculturalcenterintheMiddleAges.
Todayitslongstraightbeachisasummerresort.

Lavagna
Comune
CittdiLavagna

TorredelBorgoinLavagna.

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Coatofarms

History
Mainsights
Culture
People
Seealso
References
Externallinks

Lavagna

History
LavagnadevelopedinRomantimesasLavania.
Accordingtosomehistorians,itwasseatofa
countshipsinceCarolingiantimes.From1198it
wasafiefoftheFieschifamily,whoused
Lavagnaastheirstrongholdinthenumerous
innerstrugglesoftheRepublicofGenoa.
In1564itwassackedbytheAfricanpirate
Dragut.From1815itwaspartoftheKingdomof
Sardinia,and,later,oftheKingdomofItaly.

Mainsights

LocationofLavagnainItaly

Coordinates:4419N0920E
Country
Region
Province

Italy
Liguria
Genoa(GE)

Frazioni

Barassi,CavidiLavagna,SantaGiuliadi
Centaura,Sorlana

BasilicaofSantoStefano(17thcentury)
BasilicaofSantaGiulia(1654)
SanctuaryofNostraSignoradelPonte
(13thcentury),withthenearbybridge.It
wasenlargedbytheFieschiPopeInnocent
IV,beingconsecratedin1492.Ithasbeen
largelyrenovatedinthe19thcentury.
Accordingtothetradition,DanteAlighieri
crossedthebridgeduringhisvoyageto
France.
TorredelBorgo,aMedievaltowernow
housingthelocalartgallery.

Culture

Government
Mayor

GiuseppeSanguineti

Area
Total

13.7km2(5.3sqmi)

Elevation

6m(20ft)

Population(30September2012)[1]
Total
12,510
Density
910/km2(2,400/sqmi)
Demonym(s)

Lavagnesi

Timezone
Summer(DST)

CET(UTC+1)
CEST(UTC+2)

Postalcode
Thecityrecreatesneomedievalfestivities
Dialingcode
annuallyasthe"TortadeiFieschi",whichhas
beenrecreating(since1949)thefestivitiesthat
Patronsaint
surroundedtheweddingin1230ofOpizzo
Saintday
Fieschi,ContediLavagna,olderbrotherof
Website
Sinibaldo,futurePopeInnocentIV,withthe
SienesepatricianBiancade'Bianchi.Acolorful
cortegethroughthestreetsreunitestheinhabitantsofthesix
medievalquarters(sestieri)ofLavagna,asthegiganticcakeis
distributedamongthoseinthecrowdwhohavefoundthe
matchinghalfoftheirtickets.

16033
0185
MadonnadelCarmine
16July
Officialwebsite
(http://www.comune.lavagna.ge.it)

Thecharacteristicshalethatprovidesroofing"slates"inLiguria
wastraditionallyquarriedintheCapenardoandS.Giacomo
mountainsnearby.

People
Fieschifamily
FannyCadeo,(1970)actressandshowgirl

Seealso
PrinceBelmonte
Tigullio

References
1.Alldemographicsandotherstatistics:ItalianstatisticalinstituteIstat.

Externallinks
"TortadeiFieschi"(http://www.tortadeifieschi.com/)(Italian)

BasilicaofSantoStefano.

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