Ventimiglia

Ventimiglia is a city in northern Italy, in the Province of Imperia in Liguria with 23,907 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012).

It is located on the Riviera and is a border town with France ( the French name of the city is Ventimiglia ). On road signs often found the short form XXmiglia ( the name part Venti means twenty and twenty XX is a Roman Numeral ).

The place is episcopal city, seaside resort and spa.

History

In the mountains of the city at Grimaldi di Ventimiglia are the caves of Balzi Rossi, in which one has the remains of prehistoric man found west.

Before the year 180 BC the Ligurian people here lived the Intemeli, after which the Romans founded their city Albian Intemelium called, which was later to Albintimilium. (The name Ventimiglia has etymologically so nothing with " venti" = to do twenty, but is a popular etymological transformation of the Roman name. )

The place was an important station on the Via Iulia Augusta to Gaul and Spain. From this time parts of the city wall are still preserved city gates (of 70-50 BC), remains of the Baths of Augustus and the amphitheater (2nd -3rd century AD).

In the 10th century Ventimiglia was repeatedly ravaged by the Saracens. Since the 12th century, the city was self-employed and was able to get to 1505 this independence. Then she fell under the dominion of Genoa and thus belonged since 1814 to the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Attractions

Worth seeing is the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, which was built around 1000 and the Assumption is dedicated, with an octagonal baptistery and a portal from the year 1222., The church of San Michele, built in the 10th century, and was once the chapel of the Counts of Ventimiglia. In the 11th and 12th centuries were carried Tags: the apse and the Campanile were built. Under the church is a pre-Romanesque crypt hall whose vaults supported by columns. A column was a Roman milestone, two more were made ​​of granite, according to stories, consecrated to the remains of Castor and Pollux temple. The old Piedmont gate from the 16th century, with its ancient wings made ​​of wood and nailed iron fittings marked the beginning of the road Tenda Pass, which connects with the Liguria Piedmont.

The river Roya shares from the old town to the west of the rest of the city. The river is spanned in the city of two road bridges, a railway bridge and a pedestrian bridge to the north by the highway bridge of the A 10 are also worth seeing the great free daily market and the flower market. Just before the border with France, at Capo Mortola, is the Botanical Gardens Hanbury.

Old town of Ventimiglia

Piana di Latte

Sunset at Capo Mortola

Traffic

Ventimiglia is one motorway junction on the A 10 - linked to the Italian highway network ( Autostrada dei Fiori Flowers motorway ). The A 10 is part of the European route 80

The train station of Ventimiglia is a border station to France. It is the terminus of the railway line Genoa - Ventimiglia, which is continued in France as Marseille- Ventimiglia railway line. She is also the terminus of the Tendabahn that begins in Cuneo.

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