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The Centa is a very short Italian river in the
The river flowed up to the 12th century in a bed further east, joining the sea near
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Il Centa e la sua storia millenaria
province of Savona
The province of Savona ( it, provincia di Savona; Ligurian: ''provinsa de Sann-a'') is a province in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Savona, which has a population of 61,219 inhabitants. The province has a total populatio ...
.
Geography
Its source is near the Italian village of Leca (Albenga
Albenga ( lij, Arbenga; la, Albingaunum) is a city and ''comune'' situated on the Gulf of Genoa on the Italian Riviera in the Province of Savona in Liguria, northern Italy. Albenga has the nickname of ''city of a hundred spires''. The economy is ...
), at the junction between Arroscia
The Arroscia is an Italian river in the provinces of Imperia. and Savona.
Geography
The river rises from monte Frontè, in the comune of Mendatica, not far from the French border. The Arroscia flows east and receives several tributaries. It t ...
and Neva
The Neva (russian: Нева́, ) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length of , it ...
. The river flows south before emptying into the Ligurian Sea
The Ligurian Sea ( it, Mar Ligure; french: Mer Ligurienne; lij, Mâ Ligure) is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea. It lies between the Italian Riviera (Liguria) and the island of Corsica. The sea is thought to have been named after the ancient L ...
near Albenga
Albenga ( lij, Arbenga; la, Albingaunum) is a city and ''comune'' situated on the Gulf of Genoa on the Italian Riviera in the Province of Savona in Liguria, northern Italy. Albenga has the nickname of ''city of a hundred spires''. The economy is ...
.
History
The river flowed up to the 12th century in a bed further east, joining the sea near Ceriale
Ceriale ( lij, O Çejâ, locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region of Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona.
Ceriale borders the following municipalities: Alben ...
. Its course was diverted to the present bed following a decision of the Republic of Genoa
The Republic of Genoa ( lij, Repúbrica de Zêna ; it, Repubblica di Genova; la, Res Publica Ianuensis) was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the 11th century to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast. During the Lat ...
. The name ''Centa'' comes from ''cinta'' (Italian for ''town wall''), because the new flow flanked the town wall of Albenga. The old river bed became almost totally dry from the 16th century''Il Pontelungo'', comune di Albengawww.comune.albenga.sv.it
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References
External links
* History of the riverIl Centa e la sua storia millenaria
See also
*List of rivers of Italy
This is a list of rivers which are at least partially located in Italy. They are organized according to the body of water they drain into, with the exceptions of Sicily and Sardinia, which are listed separately. At the bottom, all of the rivers ar ...
Drainage basins of the Ligurian Sea
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of Liguria
Rivers of the Province of Savona
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