ALBENGA, WHAT A SURPRISE !
01/01/2025 - 31/12/2025
The City of Towers, facing the Gallinara Island, to be discovered step by step, getting lost in the streets of the Old Town, where small masterpieces and unique places are hidden like precious secrets
The town of Albenga is about 15 kilometres from Pietra Ligure and is famous for its plain, which offers tasty delicacies such as violet asparagus, oxheart tomatoes, spiny artichoke and trumpet courgette, and its beautiful historic centre, the second largest in Liguria, after that of Genoa. Some little-known but beautiful treasures are kept here:
- THE ANCIENT BAPTISTERY one of the most important early Christian monuments in northern Italy, still with the original baptismal font and a splendid polychrome mosaic from the Byzantine era in the central niche ... find more
- THE DIOCESAN MUSEUM where you can admire early Christian artefacts, Flemish tapestries, medieval paintings, and a large collection of important paintings .... find more
- THE CATHEDRAL OF SAN MICHELE from the Romanesque period with significant Gothic extensions
- MAGICAL TRANSPARENCIES MUSEUM where there is a unique piece, the Blue Plate, dating back to the second century A.D. found inside an ancient Roman tomb and perfectly preserved.....find more
- OIL MUSEUM. It preserves the entire history of the oil civilisation, but also a lot of contemporary art, from painting to sculpture to photography. It is also possible to visit the ancient oil mill within the medieval walls .... find more
