Sestri Levante

Sestri Levante
Country	Italy
region	Liguria
Metropolitan city	Genoa  (GE)
Coordinates	44 ° 16 '  N , 9 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 16 '20 "  N , 9 ° 23' 53"  E
height	1  m slm
surface	33.33 km²
Residents	18,082 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	543 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	16039
prefix	0185
ISTAT number	010059
Popular name	Sestrini or Sestresi
Patron saint	San Nicolò
Website	Sestri Levante

Baia del Silenzio

Sestri Levante ( Ligurian Séstri ) is an Italian commune with 18,082 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Liguria region , metropolitan city of Genoa (GE).

geography

Sestri Levante seen from above

Between Chiavari and Lavagna in the north and Levanto in the south, Sestri Levante lies on the coast of the Golfo Tigullio ( Riviera di Levante ) in two bays; its old town occupies the small, towering peninsula Portobello in front of it. Sestri Levante covers an area of ​​33.33 km² with suburbs . There are direct rail connections to the west to Genoa and south-east to La Spezia . The Monte Castello on a green peninsula south of the urban area rises 285 m high.

Neighboring communities

The districts and other neighboring communities of Sestri Levante are Riva Trigoso, Trigoso, San Bartolomeo della Ginestra, Santa Margherita di Fossa Lupara, Pila sul Gromolo, Santa Vittoria, San Bernardo, Villa Cascine di sopra, Villa Cascine di sotto, Villa Costarossa, Santa Vittoria , Villa Libiola, Villa Rovereto, Villa Tassani, Villa Loto, Villa Azaro and Villa Montedomenico.

Attractions

Shopping street with Palazzo Facie Rosse

Ruins of the Oratorio di Santa Caterina

Chiesa di San Niccoló

• Old town ensemble on the Portobello peninsula
• Convento della Santissima Annunziata (Portobello Peninsula)
• Palazzo Negrotto Cambiaso (Portobello Peninsula)
• Mount Monte Castello and the path to it through extensive parks and views of the place. However, the area around a hotel is not open to the public. On the mountain are also the church of San Nicoló from ~ 1151 and the ruins of the monastery of Santa Caterina (16th century, destroyed in a bombing in 1944).

Culture

In Sestri Levante, a children's literature prize named after Hans Christian Andersen , the Premio Andersen, is awarded annually. In late spring (May / June) there is also the Andersen Festival with street theater in numerous public places. Andersen stayed here several times.

Sestri Levante train station

traffic

Sestri Levante has a train station on the Pisa – Genova railway line . Since the railway line was relocated with the double-track expansion in the area of ​​Sestri Levante, a new station was opened in 1926, which replaced the previous one and still exists today. It is served by InterCitys (IC) and regional trains (R). The InterCity line Milano Centrale - Genova Piazza Principe - Sestri Levante - La Spezia Centrale (- Pisa Centrale - Livorno Centrale (- Grosseto )) stops every two hours with individual intervals. In addition, two pairs of trains run on the InterCity line Torino Porta Nuova - Genova Piazza Principe - Sestri Levante - La Spezia Centrale - Pisa Centrale - Livorno Centrale (- Grosseto - Roma Termini - Napoli Centrale - Salerno ).

Town twinning

Sestri Levante's twin town is Dole in the French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté .

Born in Sestri Levante

• Luigi Lambruschini (1776-1854), cardinal
• Carlo Bo (1911–2001), Italian professor of French literature and literary critic
• Giacomo Bozzano (1933-2008), boxer

Individual evidence

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

Web links

Commons : Sestri Levante  - Collection of images, videos and audio files