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30-569: Ospedaletti borders the following municipalities: Bordighera , Sanremo , Seborga , and Vallebona . Ospedaletti is named after a 14th-century hospital which was established by the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem . Located between Caponero and Cape Sant'Ampelio, just six kilometres from Sanremo , it gets some north winds. It is about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Imperia , the provincial capital. The lush, sub-tropical vegetation, combined with moderate and refined urbanization, makes Ospedaletti

60-473: A meeting at the " St. Bartholomew Oratory (Bordighera) " to build what came to be called "Magnifica comunità degli otto luoghi" (in English "The magnificent community of the eight locations"). The goal of this meeting was to unite and gain independence from the nearby rival city of Ventimiglia . In 1797 Bordighera lost its independence completely and became part of the "Palms Jurisdiction", a region including all

90-521: A name that stuck: "Queen of the Palm Trees". He also noted that the "Grand Hotel de Bordighera" hosted Empress Eugenie in the autumn of 1886. In the 1890s, the Irish naturalist and early modernist writer Emily Lawless visited Bordighera a number of times, studying the local flora. In 1894, she wrote the essay "Two Leaves from a Note-Book" about a trip to Bordighera, describing the stunning changes in

120-616: A visit to Bordighera. The novel Call Me by Your Name is set in and around Bordighera. Also the novel The Last Train from Liguria by Christine Dwyer Hickey , set during the Fascist era. The typical dishes of Bordighera are part of the Ligurian cuisine. These are the most widespread dishes: The local economy is mainly based on tourism; the beauty of the area and the mild climate attract tourists as well as artists. The production of olives and their derivate products such as olive oil

150-688: Is a resort town in the province of Imperia , Liguria , northern Italy . It is located 130 km (81 mi) west of Genoa , and 7 km (4.3 mi) from the French-Italian border , on the Gulf of Genoa , having a small harbour at the mouth of the Roia river, which divides the town into two parts. Ventimiglia's urban area has a population of 55,000. The name Ventimiglia derives from Album Intimilium , which later became 'Albintimilium', Vintimilium , then Ventimiglia . The similarity to

180-655: Is built where the Maritime Alps plunge into the sea, it benefits from the Foehn effect which creates a special microclimate with warmer winters. Most of the population of Bordighera is aged 50 or more. It normally rains more than a month. It seems that Bordighera has been inhabited since the Palaeolithic era, as archaeologists have found signs of human activities in the caves along the Italian and French coast. In

210-523: Is important as they have acquired a reputation throughout Italy. The variety "Olive Taggiasche" is particularly famous and praised, and obtained a PDO ( Protected Designation of Origin ) in 1997. A secondary activity is the cultivation of plants and flowers. Ventimiglia Ventimiglia ( Italian: [ventiˈmiʎʎa] ; Intemelio : Ventemiglia [veŋteˈmiʎa] , Genoese : Vintimiggia ; French : Vintimille [vɛ̃timij] ; Provençal : Ventemilha [venteˈmiʎɔ] )

240-515: Is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the land border between Italy and France , the French coast is visible from the town. Having the Capo Sant'Ampelio, which protrudes into the sea, it is the southernmost commune of the region. The cape is at around the same latitude as Pisa and features a little church built in the 11th century for Sant'Ampelio, the patron saint of the city. Since Bordighera

270-587: Is the ancient medieval city centre, perched on a hill overlooking the new town. The Church of San Michele Arcangelo was erected in the 10th century by the Counts of Ventimiglia on the foundations of a pagan temple. Later it was entrusted to the Benedictines of Lirins . In the 11th-12th centuries, it was rebuilt in Romanesque style. In 1628 its aisles were lost after an earthquake. It houses milestones from

300-694: The Axis powers . In July 1947, Evita Peron visited Bordighera and, in order to honour her visit the seaside promenade was named Lungomare Argentina. The road is 2,300m long, which makes it the longest promenade on the Riviera. Bordighera was the first town in Europe to grow date palms, and its citizens still have the exclusive right to provide the Vatican with palm fronds for Easter celebrations. The Scottish writer George MacDonald lived and worked for parts of

330-571: The 10th century, it was attacked by the Saracens of Fraxinet . After a period as an independent commune , it was ruled by the Counts of Ventimiglia, and often had to fight against the Republic of Genoa . In 1139 the Genoese attacked it by land and sea and forced it to surrender; the count continued to hold the city and countship as a vassal of the victors. The city rebelled more than once against

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360-552: The 6th century BC came the Ligures, from whom the name of the region, "Liguria" in Italian, is derived. They were the first people to alter the land and create a structured society. The area was particularly prosperous during Roman times because it was situated on the via Julia Augusta in the 1st century BC. After the fall of the Roman Empire , the village was abandoned because of the frequent attacks by pirates. The name of

390-607: The Genoese and sided with their enemies. In 1271 in a war with Genoa, its podestà Luca Grimaldi was captured. Ventimiglia was thus temporarily held by the dukes of Savoy (1389 and 1746) and King Ladislaus of Naples (1410). In 1505 it was annexed to the Genoese Republic, sharing its history until the early 19th century. In 1269 the Count of Ventimiglia, Guglielmo Pietro I Balbo married Eudossia Laskaris , daughter of Emperor Theodore II Laskaris . From them started

420-556: The Genoese fortresses of Castel d'Appio, Forte San Paolo and Fortezza dell'Annunziata. Ventimiglia is a popular summer destination for tourists on the French Riviera . Particularly popular all year with visitors from France is the weekly street market (held on a Friday), along the seafront of the new town, which causes major traffic congestion. Ventimiglia is on the Via Aurelia Provincial Road, and has

450-654: The ancient city walls, a fine mosaic , found in 1852 but at once destroyed, and a number of tombs to the west of the theatre. The ruins of the ancient Albintimilium are situated in the plain of Nervia , c. 2 kilometres (1 mile) to the east of the modern town. The caves of the Balzi Rossi have proved rich in palaeolithic remains of the Quaternary period. Remains of a family of Cro-Magnon people were discovered, with several skeletons of men, women and children. Very important architecturally and historically

480-578: The city appears for the first time as "Burdigheta" in 1296, in a papal Bill of by Pope Boniface VIII, but it was only in 1470 that some families from nearby villages, such as the Borghetto San Nicolò, decided to return to Bordighera to live. By then, Moorish pirates became rarer and rarer, but some particularly cruel raids still occasionally happened, such as the one by the pirate Hayreddin Barbarossa in 1543. With these attacks diminishing,

510-635: The dynasty of the Lascaris of Tenda. They maintained the sovereign County of Tenda until 1501 when the last of them, Anne Lascaris , married Renato of Savoy (in French René de Savoie) and transferred the County to his cadet branch of the Savoy dynasty . Remains of a Roman theatre (first half of the 2nd century) are visible, and remains of many other buildings have been discovered, among them traces of

540-527: The frigates accompanying Armada fired on the town. The next change of power in the region came in 1815 when the whole of Liguria was annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia after the Congress of Vienna . The Napoleonic influence, however, remained and continued to influence the area. A good example of this is the "La Corniche" road which Napoleon Bonaparte had wanted, and which reached Bordighera, facilitating

570-404: The land from Ventimiglia to Arma di Taggia with Sanremo as its capital. On 23 July 1813, French shore batteries fired on HMS  Armada when the seas pushed Armada into range. Armada landed her marines who captured the eastern battery and then entered the battery on the point of Bordighero after the French had tried to blow it up. The landing party took fire from the nearby town so

600-601: The landscape during and after a drought. In 1918 the Bordighera War Cemetery was built to commemorate fallen British soldiers who died in the area during the First World War . It was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer . On 12 February 1941, the prime minister of the time, Benito Mussolini met Francisco Franco in Bordighera in order to discuss Spain's entry into World War II on the side of

630-405: The movement of people and goods and boosting the development of what was once called "Borgo Marina" and today constitutes Bordighera. The old town is simply called Old Bordighera or Upper Bordighera due to its position over the hill (in Italian "Bordighera Vecchia" or "Bordighera Alta"). The Golden Age of the city came in the 19th century when the lower city was built next to the "Corniche" road and

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660-463: The old Via Iulia Augusta , two of which are used as stoups and one supports the crypt 's vault. The present Romanesque Cathedral dedicated to the Assumption, Cattedrale di Nostra Signora Assunta, with an 11th-century baptistery, see of the present Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo (just Ventimiglia until 1957, founded 670), is built on the ruins of an earlier Lombard church, which in turn

690-559: The pearl of the Riviera dei Fiori (Coast of Flowers). The climate is usually mild. Ospedaletti is twinned with: This Liguria location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bordighera Bordighera ( Italian pronunciation: [bordiˈɡɛːra] ; Ligurian : A Bordighea , locally A Burdighea ) is a town and comune in the Province of Imperia , Liguria ( Italy ). Bordighera

720-720: The phrase venti miglia ("twenty miles") is coincidental, although the town was almost exactly 20 statute miles from France between 1388 and 1860. Ventimiglia is the ancient Album Intimilium , the capital of the Intimilii , a Ligurian tribe . In the Gothic Wars it was besieged by the Byzantines and the Goths, and later suffered from the raids of Rothari , King of the Lombards, but flourished again under Rodoald . In

750-490: The railway station was opened, allowing travel from Paris to Bordighera in only 24 hours, which at the time was remarkably fast. With the opening of the Calais-Rome Express railway on 8 December 1883, travel times got even shorter and 24 hours would be enough to travel from London to Bordighera. In 1887, Stéphen Liégeard , in his famous book "La Cote d’Azur", dedicated several pages to Bordighera and gave it

780-656: The sea which attracted English tourists. Touristic interest in Bordighera seems to have been sparked by a novel from Giovanni Ruffini , Il Dottor Antonio , which was published in 1855 in Edinburgh and featured the town. In 1860, five years after the famous novel Il Dottor Antonio was published, Bordighera's first hotel was opened, then called in French "Hotel d’Angleterre", now known as Villa Eugenia, at Via Vittorio Emanuele 218. The hotel hosted its first famous resident in 1861, British Prime Minister Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell , grandfather of Bertrand Russell . In 1873,

810-552: The strategic importance of the area became obvious to the Dukes of Savoy and the Republic of Genoa , which fought for the territory in the 16th century. The small village was quickly transformed into a fortified town and gained importance until it became independent from the rival city of Ventimiglia in 1683. On 20 April 1686, the representants of eight villages, Camporosso , Vallebona , Vallecrosia , San Biagio della Cima , Sasso , Soldano , Borghetto San Nicolò and Bordighera had

840-442: The town and surrounding area. Other famous British-Italians who wintered and were buried here were the writer Cecilia Maria de Candia and her husband Godfrey Pearse. Cecilia, a writer, novelist and herbalist researcher, spent seasons writing in residence and eventually retiring at her cottage in this community until her final days. The Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen wrote her first novel, The Hotel , published in 1927, after

870-564: The year in Bordighera. His house was an important cultural centre for the British colony. He is buried at the churchyard of the former Anglican church. John Goodchild also ran a medical practice here for a number of years. It was here that he bought the blue bowl which he later took to Glastonbury . Jane Morris , the wife of William Morris stayed in Bordighera in the winters of 1881, 1885, 1887 and 1892. Claude Monet stayed in Bordighera for three months in 1884 and painted numerous pictures of

900-605: Was on the site of a Roman building, possibly a temple. The municipal library has the second-largest collection of 17th-century manuscripts and books in Italy (the biggest collection is in Venice ). The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (Hanbury Botanical Gardens), surrounding the villa of Sir Thomas Hanbury , La Mortola, are the biggest in Italy and among the finest in Europe, boasting many varieties of tropical and sub-tropical species that thrive in this mild climate. Near Ventimiglia are

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