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How to get there: exit at Sestri Levante (highway A12 Genoa-Rosignano).
Traveling along the road through Castiglione Varese you will reach Torza.
If you exit at Brugnato (Highway A12 Genoa-Rosignano) you will also reach Torza after passing Santa Margherita, Sesta Godano, and San Pietro di Vara.
When you reach Torza go towards Tavarone and from here you will reach Maissana.
It was a feud of the Fieschi family and it didnt have an important role in history until the 16th century when it was conquered by the Republic of Genoa and it became the podestā of Castiglione Chiavarese.
From the agricultural center of Tavarone on the side of the Alps that face San Pietro di Vara a quick slope will take you to the rural town of Maissana.
The urban agglomerate is located in a basin at the foot of the Apennines and here you can inhale the fresh clean mountain air in the beauty of untouched nature.
From the foot of the Orbora valley there are copper mines that in the past helped the local economy.
The town has a 16th century architecture that can be admired in its noble buildings.
The Parish Church was restructured in1940 and it highlights its 18th century features. The nearby valleys of the Borsa and Cesinella torrents are rare natural examples that contains a rich plant life.
Santa Maria has a linear structure and it offers beautiful vista points. At Cāmpore there is a prestigious rural building of the 16th century and it is worthy of being restored.
Ossegna is a compact town that allows you to relive its historical traditions where magnificent mills exalt the pureness of true and healthy local products.
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