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Ventimiglia
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.
Ventimiglia is a frontier town, commune and episcopal see of Liguria, Italy, in the province of Imperia formerly in the Province of Porto Maurizio 130 kilometers West by South of Genoa by rail and 7 kilometers from the Franco-Italian frontier situated on the Gulf of Genoa, 45 feet above sea-level, having a small harbour at the mouth of the Roia. The population as per 2001 was 25,151 in town and in community it was 30,025.
Ventimiglia is the ancient Albium Intemelium, the capital of the Intemelii, a Ligurian tribe which long resisted the Romans, but was forced in 115 BC, Before Christ to submit to Scaurus. In 69 the city was sacked by the army of Otho and Vitellius but recovered to remain prosperous into the fifth century, surrounded by walls with cylindrical towers built at each change of direction. In the Gothic Wars it was besieged by the Byzantines and the Goths, and later suffered from the raids of Rotharicas, King of the Lombards, but flourished again under King Rodoaldo. In the tenth century it was attacked by the Saracens of Frassineto.
King Berengarius made his son Conrad first Count of Ventimiglia. 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 the Genoese and sided with their enemies. It was thus temporarily held by the dukes of Savoy and King Ladislas of Naples. In general it shared the fortunes of Genoa. The most ancient Christian mention of Ventimiglia is the alleged preaching of Saint Marcelinus, Saint Vincentius and Saint Dominus. Ventimiglia is a popular destination during the summer for tourists spending their vacation along the French Riviera.
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