Celle_Ligure

Celle Ligure

Celle Ligure

Comune in Liguria, Italy

Celle Ligure (Ligurian: Çelle) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 30 kilometres (19 miles) west of Genoa and about 8 kilometres (5 miles) northeast of Savona.

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It borders the comuni of: Albisola Superiore, Stella, and Varazze. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[4]

Main sights

  • Parish church of San Michele Arcangelo (1645). It houses a polyptych by Perin del Vaga from 1535
  • Pseudo-Romanesque church of Nostra Signora della Consolazione (18th century)
  • Bregalla Tower (11th through 16th centuries)

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy

Celle Ligure is twinned with:

People

Francesco della Rovere, later Pope Sixtus IV, was born in Celle in 1414.

References

  1. [1]
    "Celle Ligure, il nuovo sindaco è Caterina Mordeglia: Zunino battuto di 317 voti - IVG.it". 27 May 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. [3]
    All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  4. [4]
    "Liguria" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Stadt Celle". www.celle.de. Retrieved 2010-01-05.



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