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How to get there: Get onto Highway A6 Savona-Torino and exit at Altare-Carcare and go along the State route of the Col di Cadibona for about 4 kilometers.
It was a possession of the Marquis Bonifacio del Vasto and later it became part of the territory of Savona and the Monks of St. Quintino of Spigno.
Then it went to Del Carretto up until 1598 then Andrea Sforza in the Castle “Delle Carchere” gave to Spain all his territories.
The important road that went from the Po Valley through Alba and Asti united the road that went to the sea and this strengthened the strategical position of the Local Government.
It is a popular vacation spot and it was chosen by the painters of the “Scuola dei Grigi,” which was a Ligurian pictorial movement in the second half of the 19th century.
It is located in a basin between the two ends of the Bormida di Pallare. The actual residential area has a few unique and natural paths of great beauty.
The Church of St. Giovanni Battista contains a precious crucifix by Anton Maria Maragliano and fantastic works by Tammar Luxoro.
The writer of Savona Anton Giulio Barrili lived and died in Villa Maura and today it is the local seat of the “Centro Studi” with a library and a museum.
The glassworks, the ironworks, and silk goods of the first years of the 19th century developed a strong economy and today artisans still work along side a new and growing agricultural activity.
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