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2 unusual facts about Savona


Anton Giulio Barrili

Anton Giulio Barrili (14 December 1836 – 14 August 1908), Italian novelist, was born at Savona, and was educated for the legal profession, which he abandoned for journalism in Genoa.

Eugène Christophe

:At the control at Savona (90km) everybody was astonished to see me alone.


Adelaide del Vasto

Her brothers founded the lines of the Marquesses of Saluzzo, of Busca, of Lancia, of Ceva, and of Savona.

An Unfinished Life

While set in Wyoming, the movie was actually filmed in the Canadian towns of Ashcroft, Savona, and Kamloops, British Columbia.

Colletta di Castelbianco

Colletta di Castelbianco is an ancient village in the Maritime Alps and near the Italian Riviera in the province of Savona in Liguria, Italy.

Contship Containerlines

With terminal operations starting in Savona and Gioia Tauro in 1995 and with restructuring of the Euroasia/Medasia services and the establishing of a Med-US Gulf and Mexico service they made further service improvements.

Costa Deliziosa

Costa Deliziosa was christened at Port Rashid in the United Arab Emirates on 23 February, during her inaugural voyage, which started from Savona on 5 February; the first cruise ship in the world to be christened in an Arabian city.

Giorgio Matteo Aicardi

In 1906 Aicardi, aged 15, painted his first "fresco" of Santa Teresa (his sister Ernesta was his model), which still can be seen in the dome of "San Biagio Basilica" in his native Finalborgo (Savona).

Henry del Vasto

His brothers founded the lines of the Marquesses of Saluzzo, of Busca, of Lancia, of Ceva, and of Savona.

Leonardo Grosso della Rovere

Leonardo Grosso della Rovere was born in Savona in 1464, the son of Antonio Grosso and Maria della Rovere, a member of the House of della Rovere.

Ligurian Alps

Administratively the range is divided between the Italian provinces of Cuneo, Imperia and Savona and the French department of Alpes-Maritimes (south-western slopes).

Louis-Mathias, Count de Barral

During the long and harassing negotiations which Napoleon carried on with Pope Pius VII, while the latter was virtually a prisoner at Savona and Fontainebleau, Archbishop de Barral acted frequently as the emperor's intermediary.

March of Ivrea

The initial Eporedian march consisted of Piedmont and most of the Ligurian coast with the counties of Acqui, Alba, Asti, Bredulo, Auriate, Turin, Ivrea, Vercelli, Pombia, Stazzona, Bulgaria, Lomello, Savona, and Ventimiglia.

Marquisate of Finale

The march of Savona stretched on the Ligurian coast from Cogoleto and Finale Ligure up to the Bormida valley, nearly reaching Acqui.

Ottone Enrico del Caretto, Marquis of Savona

Descendant from an old Italian noble family, he was titular Margrave of Savona, Marquis of Grana, Count of Millesimo, etc.

Philippe Charles d'Arenberg

He married in 1684 Marie-Henriette d'Alcaretto, marquise of Grana and Savona, Italy.

Sisto Gara della Rovere

Sisto Gara della Rovere was born in Savona in 1473, the son of Gabriele Gara and Luchina Della Rovere, a member of the House of della Rovere.

Stephen Briers

He presented Freaky Eaters with nutritionist Natalie Savona for one series.


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