Alassio, a town of Liguria, Italy, on the N.W. coast of the Gulf of Genoa, in the province of Savona, 57 m. S.W. of the town of the same name by rail. Pop. (1901) 5630. It is mainly noticeable as a health resort in winter and a bathing-place in summer, and has many hotels. The anchorage is safe, and the bay full of fish; the harbor has a certain amount of trade. The old town contains one or two interesting churches, and commands a fine view. Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. ... The Gulf of Genoa (Golfo di Genova) is the northernmost part of the Ligurian Sea. ... Savona is a seaport and comune of the province of Savona in the northern Italian region of Liguria, 44°18´N 8°29´E, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea, at sea-level. ...

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