Bogliasco ( lij, Boggiasco) is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

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, located about southeast of

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. Together with the ''comuni'' of

Camogli Camogli (; lij, label= Genoese, Camoggi ) is a fishing village and tourist resort located on the west side of the peninsula of Portofino, on the Golfo Paradiso in the Riviera di Levante, in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, northern Italy ...

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and Sori, it is part of the so-called Golfo Paradiso. Economy is mostly based on tourism; agriculture include production of olives. Bogliasco borders the following municipalities:

, and Sori.

History

As archaeological findings proved, the area of Bogliasco was inhabited since Paleolithic and Mesolithic times. The evidence of the

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presence was found on the slopes of Mount Cordona, finds dating back to the

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era have been found, confirming the hypothesis that even then the path that from Fontanabuona Valley headed towards the

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was used as a transit place by

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s. Another testimony of the

presence can be found in the so-called "Roman" bridge which crosses the stream almost at its outfall. The current construction dates back to the 13th century AD, but radical restructuring was carried out in the 17th century. After the fall of the

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and the

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and Lombard domination, Liguria was conquered by

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; the burgh of Bogliasco fell under 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 La ...

after the year 1182, suffering numerous raids from Saracen pirates. The town was destroyed by Venetian galleys in 1432. After the French domination, Bogliasco, together with the whole Liguria, was annexed to the

Kingdom of Sardinia The Kingdom of Sardinia,The name of the state was originally Latin: , or when the kingdom was still considered to include Corsica. In Italian it is , in French , in Sardinian , and in Piedmontese . also referred to as the Kingdom of Savoy-S ...

, and then to the newly unified Kingdom of Italy in 1861.

Main sights

*Church of ''Natività di Maria Santissima'', dating from the 12th century but rebuilt in 1731–37 by architect Antonio Maria Ricca. *Church of the Brethren of ''Santa Chiara'', from 1403. *Church of ''N.S. della Neve e dell'Ascensione di Gesù Cristo'', in the ''frazione'' of Sassarego (dating from the early 17th century). It has some paintings from the 18th century by the Genoese school. *Church of San Bernardo, in the eponymous ''frazione''. File:Bogliasco - Natività di Maria Santissima 2.jpg, Church of Natività di Maria Santissima File:Bogliasco_belvedere_barca_fiorita.jpg, Bogliasco belvedere Euroflora 2018

Transport

Bogliasco has a railway station on the line Pisa- La Spezia-Genoa; nearby there is a gate on the A12 Motorway connecting

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to Genoa. The other main road is the modern

Via Aurelia The ''Via Aurelia'' (Latin for "Aurelian Way") is a Roman road in Italy constructed in approximately 241 BC. The project was undertaken by Gaius Aurelius Cotta, who at that time was censor.Hornblower, Simon, & Antony Spawforth. ''The Oxford Cla ...

References

External links

Official website

Folk group "Amixi de Boggiasco e del golfo Paradiso"

Cities and towns in Liguria {{Liguria-geo-stub