Pietra Ligure

Pietra Ligure
Country	Italy
region	Liguria
province	Savona  (SV)
Coordinates	44 ° 9 ′  N , 8 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E
surface	9 km²
Residents	8,611 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	957 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	17027
prefix	019
ISTAT number	009049
Popular name	Pietresi
Patron saint	San Nicolò
Website	Pietra Ligure
Beach promenade and old town of Pietra Ligure

Castle "Castrum Petrae"

Church of San Nicoló di Bari

Pietra Ligure is an Italian tourist town with 8611 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Savona , Liguria region .

Location and dates

The municipality of Pietra Ligure is located on the coast of the Ligurian Sea between Savona in the northeast and Imperia in the southwest. It covers an area of ​​9 km² and belongs to the Comunità Montana Pollupice .

The neighboring municipalities are: Bardineto , Boissano , Borgio Verezzi , Giustenice , Loano and Tovo San Giacomo .

history

The name comes from the rock (Latin Petra, Italian Pietra), which lay directly on the sea in the Middle Ages and on which the castle "Castrum Petrae" (Petersburg) was built, as a Byzantine bulwark against the Longobards.

The village belonged to the Archbishops of Albenga until 1385, when it was taken over by Pope Urban VI. was sold to the Maritime Republic of Genoa .

Attractions

Today Pietra is a small town with a palm-lined promenade and beach baths that are visited by thousands of tourists every year. In addition to the sea, Pietra Ligure also has an old town that is worth seeing: wonderful palazzi from the Middle Ages and the 18th century and the parish church of San Nicoló di Bari from the 18th century with two bell towers and numerous works of art and the market square in front of the church.

traffic

Pietra Ligure is located on Strada Statale 1 from Rome to Ventimiglia , which follows the course of the Roman Via Aurelia . There is a motorway connection Pietra Ligure (No. 68) on the A10 autostrada running to the north . There is also a train station in the city on the Genova – Ventimiglia railway line .

Town twinning

• Offenburg , Baden-Wuerttemberg

sons and daughters of the town

• Pietro Toesca (1877–1962), Italian art historian

Web links

Commons : Pietra Ligure  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.