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Albenga
Italy, officially the Italian Republic or Repubblica Italiana, is a Southern European country comprising of the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. It is shaped like a boot and for this reason Italians commonly call it lo Stivale, the boot or, due to its prevalent peninsular geographical nature, la Penisola, the Peninsula.
Albenga is a city situated on the Gulf of Genoa on the Italian Riviera in the province of Province of Savona in Liguria, Italy. The city is of Celtic origins which is the chief town of the Ligures and flourished as the municipium of Albingaunum under the Roman Empire, owing to its position that offered access from the coast to the interior. A measure of the agricultural prosperity of the region is that Proculus of Albingaunum was able to arm and assemble 2000 of his own slaves from his latifundia to resist the Emperor Probus during the Crisis of the third century.
From the mid-5th century Albenga was the seat of a bishopric. Its early Christian baptistery, possibly dating to the 5th century, is now ten feet below modern street level. Alluvial deposits washed down by the torrential Centa have slowly buried the southern section of Roman Albingaunum and its port. This city has a well-preserved historic center, retaining the Roman plan of its grid planning and surrounded by its ancient walls. It still retains four of its medieval tower houses and other houses built to the Roman plan round a courtyard. Albenga is now prospering as a center for tourism and agriculture.
A city known for its historic myths and traditions, scenic beauty, cooperative people and luxurious hotels and cottages, Albenga is one of the favorite holiday destinations for most of the vacation lovers.
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