Bordighera
Bordighera is a holiday and beach resort with 10,436 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) in the province of Imperia, region Liguria on the Italian Riviera.
- 3.1 Mayor
- 3.2 Twin towns
- 4.1 The Old Town
- 4.2 The New Town
Geography
Bordighera is approximately 10 km from San Remo (in the east ) and the French border ( in the west). The city is divided into two districts, which are separated by the Via Romana: The old town and the newer part of the 19th and 20th centuries. The historic Old Town is located in the east of Bordighera at a 46 m high hill, the Capo San Ampelio (Cape Ampelio ). The New Town stretches along the coast from the Old Town to the Nervia estuary in the west. Bordighera has a special microclimate with milder summers and warmer winters with relatively low humidity.
History
Town History
It is known that as early as the 5th century Ligurian tribes settled on the present area BC. In the year 411 to the hermit Ampelio, who came from Egypt, date palms have been planted here. In 1340 the history of the town of Bordighera begins, as it is first documented as "Villa Burdighete " as a small settlement. This settlement must have been abandoned probably later.
On September 2, 1470 in a gathering of 32 families from " Castrum Sancti Nicolai " ( " Borghetto San Nicolo " was a former village, now a suburb of Bordighera is ) has not taken the decision to the place on the hill above the church on Cape Ampelio to build again. On April 20, 1686 found eight villages have a "free - eight villages Republic " - including Bordighera - which lasted until the Napoleonic era. Later Bordighera Liguria belongs to the democratic republic and this is attached as a result of the Congress of Vienna to the State Sardinia.
From the romantic love story "Il Dottore Antonio " by Giovanni Ruffini, who plays in San Remo and Bordighera and 1855 first appeared in Edinburgh, the city in all of England is known. This triggers a wave traveling to the Italian Riviera in particular of England, but also from France, Russia, Germany and Austria mainly to Bordighera and San Remo. The flow of tourists is reinforced by the construction of the railway in 1872. At that time, there were mainly winter tourism, which means the tourists came in the fall and remained until the spring of next year. At times, more Englishmen were in place as locals.
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Twin Cities
- Villefranche -sur -Mer, France, since 1956
- Neckarsulm, Germany, since 1963
Culture and sights
Bordighera is described travelers, painters and poets of as a place of exceptional beauty mainly because of its rich Mediterranean vegetation. So was one of the botanist Gerolamo Molinari 1869 12,000 palm trees, lemon and orange trees 36,000 and 50,000 olive trees. There are also eucalyptus, myrtle, mimosa, agaves, oleanders and in addition to a variety of cacti and other exotic plant species. In particular, the colorful and fragrant intensive plants have famous personalities such as the English novelist Charles Dickens and the French painter Claude Monet ( see picture) impressed.
The Old Town
In the east, the Porta della Maddalena ( reconstruction 1780) and in the west Porta Sottana (15th century) in the south of the Porta del Capo (17th century), - - In the picturesque town are mainly the three city gates and the remains of the city wall worth seeing. Through winding alleys to reach the Piazza del Popolo, with the parish church of Santa Maria Maddalena ( 1617, rebuilt 1886). Also worth mentioning is the town hall, which was built in 1870 by Charles Garnier in Baroque similar style. At Capo San Ampelio, at the eastern entrance below the old town, remembers a small chapel in the Holy Ampelio - the hermit who is said to have brought the seeds of date palm from Egypt here.
The New Town
The new town consists mainly of hotels, Art Nouveau villas with beautiful gardens and a long-drawn and beautiful promenade. Worth mentioning is the Museum Bicknell (founded in 1888), which today also the seat of the " International Institute of Ligurian Studies" is (founded in 1938). Clarence Bicknell (1842-1918) was an English naturalist, archeologist, botanist, mathematician and Protestant pastor. The museum Bicknell are far more than 50,000 volumes, maps and about 12,000 petroglyphs Bicknell had discovered and signed off on the slopes of Mont Bégo in the Vallée des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders). The city owes Bicknell also founded the city library in 1883. The library has about 70,000 volumes, of which approximately 22,000 are from an English foundation.
Economy
The city lives mainly from tourism. In addition, Bordighera has the privilege artfully braided palm fronds Palmurelli to be able to provide for the Palm Sunday procession to the Vatican in Rome since 1586.
Novel
- Giovanni Domenico Ruffini, Doctor Antonio ( 1855) ( filmed in Italy in 1937 by Enrico Guazzoni and 1954 four-part filmed for television )
- John of duffel, Hotel afraid novella, Cologne 2006