Holidays in Imperia

Imperia takes its name from the Impero stream that runs through it. The history of the city is ancient although it was born from the union of Porto Maurizio , Oneglia and other villages, centers that preserve traces and diversity of their origins. The first, in fact, was Genoese, and this can be seen in the structure of buildings and roads. Oneglia , on the other hand, the birthplace of Admiral Andrea Doria , passed into the hands of the Savoy in 1576 who transformed it into a commercial port.

To see in Imperia

In Piazza Dante , in the “dei Savoia” part, the arcades and the former Town Hall are the emblem of the Savoy architecture of the late nineteenth century. To visit the Calata GB Cuneo , with its arcades and the fish market, and not far away, the eighteenth-century Collegiate Church of San Giovanni Battista , the heart of the historic center.

The Porto Maurizio area is perched on Colle Parasio which takes its name from the " Paraxu ", the palace of the Genoese governor: on the slopes of the hill is the Cathedral of San Maurizio , begun in 1781 but finished in 1838. many works between the 17th and 19th centuries. In the same square there are the Civic Art Gallery and the International Naval Museum of Western Liguria .

Examples of Genoese hegemony are the numerous portals, pointed arches and structures such as the Palazzo Pagliari (14th-16th century), the Oratory of San Pietro and the 14th century Convent of Santa Chiara .

Going north you will find the 19th century Cavour Theater and, at the foot of the hill, some seaside villages including Borgo Marina where, in the deconsecrated Church of San Giovanni Battista , once a hospice for the Knights of Malta , Francesco Petrarca was hosted in 1343 .

The union of Porto Maurizio and Oneglia led to the construction of new public buildings, some examples of which are the Town Hall and the Post Office and Telecommunications Building, where you can see the rationalist style of the 1930s.