La Spezia - Monuments Monumento a Giuseppe Garibaldi The monument of Giuseppe Garibaldi is located in the city of La Spezia. The bronze monument weighing about 60 tons was designed by the Italian sculptor Antonio Garella and inaugurated in June 1913. After the inauguration there were celebrations for three days in a row.
Imperia - Monuments Parasio The Parasio is in Porto Maurizio, in the area that starts from Piazza del Duomo, where the largest church in the whole of Liguria stands: the Cathedral of San Maurizio. It is the village with the largest number of historical monuments: just think of the Palazzo Pagliari of the fifteenth century, built on even older structures; at Palazzo Guarnieri of the 17th century, the convent of Santa Chiara, founded in 1365, with the famous Lodges dating back to 1714. The Parasio offers a wonderful view both to the mountains and the sea.
La Spezia - Monuments Monumento al Generale Chiodo The monument of General Domenico Chiodo is located in the city of La Spezia. Domenico Chiodo was both a general and an Italian architect. He was born in Genoa in 1823 and died in La Spezia in 1870. He designed the Maritime Military Arsenal of La Spezia.
Imperia - Monuments Istituto Storico della Resistenza The Historical Institute of the Resistance of Imperia was established in 1970 as a research center to document and enhance the history of the liberation struggle in Liguria. The property is composed of the archives and the library. In addition, cultural and publishing events are also organized inside it. Currently, it plays an important role for studies concerning Resistance and Contemporary History.
Sanremo - Monuments Fonte Battesimale The baptismal font is located near the Baptistery, the Cathedral of St. Stephen's Church and the Town Hall.
Dolceacqua - Monuments Monumento al Frantonio Monument to the Oil Mill, dedicated to Pier Vincenzo Mela, the discoverer (18th century) of the procedure for washing the olive pomace which was later adopted throughout the Mediterranean basin realized by Copperbeard painter.
Triora - Monuments Monumento al Redentore The grandiose monument to the Redeemer on Mount Saccarello in gilded cast iron on an artistic pedestal in worked stone, was transported up there in 1901 thanks to the help of the army, after an adventurous journey from Paris, where it had been merged into two blocks. The monument was restored in 1980 by the Pro Saccarello Committee, after the remarkable discovery of a hand, detached by lightning and ended up who knows how many kilometers away.