Savignone - Italy

Savignone (GE)

Liguria (Italy)

Pearl Valley Scrivia Savignone is traditionally the favorite place of resort of Genoese bourgeoisie and still, with the beautiful villas of the late nineteenth century, its character as a tourist center.
Hillside village of medieval origin, located in a wooded valley surrounded by mountains that mark the border with val Brevenna.
Legend has it that in 725 Savignone stand the remains of St. Augustine on the road to Pavia, accompanied by King Liutprand.
On the road from the village up the mountain in May (978 m) across and Sorrivi Crocefieschi, the landscape takes on an unusual charm.
On the main square, heart and living in the country, bordering the historical buildings: the parish church of San Pietro (1691), which houses a painting by Giovanni Battista Carlone, the palace Crosa, former hospital (1771), the sixteenth-century palace marquis Fieschi, now a hotel.
Towering over the village the ruins of the castle of Miramare (early thirteenth century).
San Bartolomeo Vallecalda seat of the archaeological section of the upper valley of the Scrivia historical museum, which houses interesting exhibits including prehistoric axes, dating human presence in the valley Write to six thousand years ago, Roman remains and coins, ceramics from the middle ages.
Paintings by Luca Cambiaso and the school of Pietro da Cortona are preserved in the church of St. Bartholomew.
The town owes its name to Bridge artifact built with one arch on writing around 1200 and until a few years ago the mill was the only stand to serve the valley.
Among the most original there is the annual festival of sunflowers and prestigious events of opera choruses and Alpine.