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.
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
Celle Ligure is twinned with:
People
Francesco della Rovere, later Pope Sixtus IV, was born in Celle in 1414.
References
- ^ "Celle Ligure, il nuovo sindaco è Caterina Mordeglia: Zunino battuto di 317 voti - IVG.it". 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ "Liguria" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Stadt Celle". www.celle.de. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
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