Bajardo (also Baiardo) ( lij, Baiardu) is a ''
comune
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'' in the
Province of Imperia
The Province of Imperia ( it, Provincia di Imperia, french: Province d'Imperia, Ligurian: ''Provinsa d’Imperia'') is a mountainous and hilly province, in the Liguria region of Italy, situated between France to the north and the west, and the L ...
in the
Italian
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region
Liguria
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. It is about southwest of
Genoa
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and about west of
Imperia
Imperia (; lij, Inpêia or ) is a coastal city and ''comune'' in the Regions of Italy, region of Liguria, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Imperia, and historically it was capital of the ''Intemelia'' district of Liguria. Benito Muss ...
.
![Bajardo-chiesa nicolò vecchia2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Bajardo-chiesa_nicol%C3%B2_vecchia2.JPG)
Its principal settlement, Bajardo itself, is a medieval village which stands at an elevation of
on a peak at the head of the basin of the
Nervia
The Nervia is a stream of Liguria (Italy).
Geography
The river rises near Monte Pietravecchia, in the Ligurian Alps, and flows through the Valle Nervia mainly heading south. It passes through the communes of Pigna and Isolabona; around one ...
torrent
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* A fast flowing stream
Animals
* Torrent duck, a species of the family Anatidae
* Torrent fish
* Torrent frog, various unrelated frogs
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* Torrent salamander, a family of s ...
.
History
First ruled by the
Counts of Ventimiglia, it passed to the
Marquis of Ceva
The Marquisate of Ceva was a small independent state in north-western Italy, situated at the foot of the Apennines, with its seat at Ceva, in what is now a part of Piedmont.
Establishment
The marquisate was created in 1125 at the death of Bonifa ...
before coming under
Genoese control in 1259. It remained with Genoa until 1815 when it became part of the
Kingdom of Sardinia
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.
[Provincia di Imperia]
''Bajardo''
The parish church of San Nicolò da Bari in Piazza Parrocchiale
[Chiesa Cattolica Italiana]
''Parrocchia San Nicolò da Bari''
was built in 1893 to replace the church destroyed by the earthquake of 1887.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Liguria
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