Comune di Savona
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Liguria
Province	Savona (SV)
Mayor	Federico Berruti
Area	65 km²
Population
- Total (as of December 12, 2004)	61,742
- Density	921/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	44°18′N, 8°29′E
Gentilic	Savonesi
Dialing code	019
Postal code	17100
Frazioni	Lavagnola, Légino, Zinola, Santuario
Patron	Our Lady of Misericordy
- Day	March 18
Website: www.comune.savona.it

Savona (Sàn-na in the local dialect of Ligurian) is a seaport and comune in the northern Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea, at sea-level. Image File history File links Savona-Stemma. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. ... In Italy, a province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality (comune) and region (regione). ... Savona (It. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other subdivisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere. ... is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Ligurian is a Romance language, consisting of a group of Gallo-Italic dialects currently spoken in Liguria, northern Italy, and parts of the Mediterranean coastal zone of France, and Monaco. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. ... Savona (It. ...

Savona used to be one of the chief seats of the Italian iron industry, having iron-works and foundries, shipbuilding, railway workshops, engineering shops, brass foundry.

History

Savona is the Roman Savo of the Ingauni, where, according to Livy, Mago stored his booty in the Second Punic War. A portrait of Titus Livius made long after his death. ... Mago Barca (also spelled Magon) (243 BC - 203 BC), brother of the Carthaginian General Hannibal, who had played a major role in the Second Punic War against Rome. ... Combatants Roman Republic Carthage Commanders Publius Cornelius Scipio†, Tiberius Sempronius Longus Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Gaius Flaminius†, Fabius Maximus, Claudius Marcellus†, Lucius Aemilius Paullus†, Gaius Terentius Varro, Marcus Livius Salinator, Gaius Claudius Nero, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus†, Masinissa, Minucius†, Servilius Geminus† Hannibal Barca, Hasdrubal Barca†, Mago Barca†, Hasdrubal Gisco†, Syphax...

The place was outshone in importance in Roman times by the harbor at Vada Sabatia (Vado), from which a road diverged across the Apennines to Placentia. In 1191 the commune of Savona bought out the territorial claims of the feudal lords, the marchesi Del Carretto. Its whole history is that of a long struggle against Genoa. As early as the 12th century the Savonese built themselves a sufficient harbour, but in the 16th century the Genoese, fearing that Francis I of France intended to make it a great seat of Mediterranean trade, rendered it useless by sinking at its mouth vessels filled with large stones. In 1746 Savona was captured by the king of Sardinia, but it was restored to Genoa by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. // Events May 12 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Francis I (François Ier in French) (September 12, 1494 – March 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547. ... // Events Catharine de Ricci (born 1522) canonized. ... The second Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) of 1748 ended the War of the Austrian Succession. ...

Main sights

• Near the Rocca di San Giorgio, on the "Promontorio del Priamar", stands the fortress named Priamar, built after fall of Savona in Genoese hands (1528) by the Genoese in 1542, on the area of the old cathedral and old city and later used as a prison and military prison (Italian patriot Giuseppe Mazzini was imprisoned here).
• Cappella Sistina (Savona)- Adjacent to the Cathedral and built 1480-1483, is the Cappella Sistina (Sistine Chapel), containing the Mausoleum erected by the Della Rovere Pope Sixtus IV to honor his parents, Leonardo Della Rovere e Luchina Monleone. Construction commissioned from Giovanni D'Aria and his brother Michele. The chapel is architecturally similar to the chapel dedicated to the Cardinal Pietro Riario in the Basilica of the Santi Apostoli in Rome. After years of deterioration, in 1765-1767 reconstruction was commissioned by the Genovese Doge Francesco Maria Della Rovere. This updated the chapel in a Rococo style, with ceiling painted by Paolo Gerolamo Brusco.

The Cathedral has a noteworthy 16th century carved wooden choir seats. For other uses, see Genoa (disambiguation). ... Events War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII of England is allied to the Emperor, while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French. ... Giuseppe Mazzini. ... Events March 6 - Treaty of Toledo - Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize African conquests of Afonso of Portugal and he cedes the Canary Islands to Spain Great standing on the Ugra river - Muscovy becomes independent from the Golden Horde. ... Events The São Tomé settlement is founded. ... Sixtus IV (July 21, 1414 – August 12, 1484), born Francesco della Rovere, was Pope from 1471 to 1484. ... Pietro Riario (1445 - 1474), was a son of Paolo and Pope Sixtus IVs sister, Bianca Della Rovere. ... Year 1765 (MDCCLXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... North side of the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo - carriage courtyard: all the stucco details sparkled with gold until 1773, when Catherine II had gilding replaced with olive drab paint. ...

• Facing the cathedral is the unfinished Palazzo Della Rovere (Della Rovere Palace), built by Cardinal Giulio della Rovere (Pope Julius II) from the plans of Giuliano da Sangallo as a university.
• The old towers, survived after 1528 ruin (war with Genoa): the Campanassa (Commune tower where freedom of Savona was signed in 1191), towers Corsi and Riario, "Ghibelline Tower", and Torre della Quarda (also known as "a Torretta"), in Leone Pancaldo square.
• The Sanctuary of Nostra Signora della Misericordia (Our Lady of Mercy).
• In neighbourhood of Savona remains a house documented as property of Domenico Colombo, father of Christopher Columbus, where they lived for many years (Christopher Columbus lived in Savona for much of his youth).
• The church of Nostra Signora di Castello (Our Lady of the Castle) has a large altarpiece by Vincenzo Foppa and Ludovico Brea painted in 1490.

The Priamar fortress.

Pope Julius II (December 5, 1443 – February 21, 1513), born Giuliano della Rovere, was Pope from 1503 to 1513. ... Portrait by Piero di Cosimo, c. ... The Sanctuary of Nostra Signora della Misericordia is a church and surrounding buildings located some six kilometers from the center of Savona, Liguria, northern Italy. ... Vincenzo Foppa. ... Ludovico (or Louis) Brea (c. ... Events Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba is published. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1001x667, 144 KB) The town, the harbour and a part of the fortress of Savona in Italy, own foto File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Savona ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1001x667, 144 KB) The town, the harbour and a part of the fortress of Savona in Italy, own foto File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Savona ...

Notable Savonesi

• Girolamo Riario (1443-1488), lord of Imola and Forlì and one of the plotters behind the 1478 Pazzi Conspiracy.
• Pietro Riario (1447–1474), cardinal and Papal diplomat.
• Paolo Boselli (1838–1932), Prime Minister of Italy during World War I.
• Gianni Baget Bozzo (born 1925), priest and politician.

Girolamo Riario (Savona 1443 - Forlí 1488), Lord of Imola and Forlì. The Pazzi conspiracy in Florence, 1478, had him as intended beneficiary, once Lorenzo and Giuliano de Medici had been assassinated. ... The Pazzi family were Tuscan nobles who had become bankers in Florence in the 14th century. ... Pietro Riario (1445 - 1474), was a son of Paolo and Pope Sixtus IVs sister, Bianca Della Rovere. ... Paolo Boselli (Savona, June 8, 1838 - Rome, March 10, 1932) was an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy during World War I. Boselli, a relatively undistinguished politician of the right-center who, at 78, was one of the oldest deputies in the Italian parliament, was appointed Prime... In Italy, the President of the Council of Ministers (Italian: Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri) is the countrys prime minister or head of government, and occupies the fourth-most important state office. ... Gianni Baget Bozzo is an Italian Catholic priest, always involved in politics. ...

External links

• ItalianVisits.com
• Genoa Airport :: What to see :: Varazze
• Savona Web

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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