Albisola Superiore - Italy

Albisola Superiore (SV)

Liguria (Italy)

The ancient Alba Docilia was a station on the Via Julia Augusta, but excavations have revealed a large settlement with functions including residential.
Albisola is divided into fractions: Cape, on the coast, Ivy, going along the valley of Sansobbia.
At the top of Mount Castellaro in the eleventh century, a castle was built by Bonifacio Del Vasto around which developed the feudal center with the church of St. Nicholas, the parish today, rebuilt in the eighteenth century within a group of wooden polychrome Maragliano and other works are on display in the vestry while some finds from the Roman period.
Much older than the church of San Pietro Albisola Chief: built in the Lombard period, was already abandoned in the tenth century, destroyed by earthquake in 1887 and was renovated by D'Andrade in 1894.
The Oratory of Our Lady of the Snows contains 14 large statues of the Twelve Apostles and Saints Paul and Barnabas.
The craft of pottery is one of the main economic activities: the number of factories can be visited.
Ceramic is also a dedicated museum.
Typical sixteenth-century villas, all private villa as Giavotti (rebuilt in the eighteenth century) and Villa Balbi.
The vegetation is predominantly Mediterranean.
The hills inland to olives and grapes are grown, especially in the Ivy area where wine is produced Busetto.
The farmhouses and stables offer pleasant excursions inland, mountain bike or horseback.
The Shrine of Our Lady of Peace is on the edge of the town of Star, on the road to Sassello It was built in 1578 to commemorate the miraculous event that, according to tradition, ended a battle between Stella and Albisola in 1482.