Lavagna: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 65 - 155 Hotel Sud Est
 Hotel Sud Est is set in a modern building surrounded by a private, large garden. The spacious sun terrace offers a panoramic view of all the Gulf of T… MoreEUR 79 - 160 Hotel Ancora Riviera
 The family-run Hotel Ancora Riviera is right next to Lavagna Harbour and 200 metres from the beach. It offers stylish and air-conditioned rooms, some … MoreEUR 45 - 130 Albergo Stella Di Mare
 Just around the corner from Lavagna´s Tourist Harbour, this 2-star hotel offers en suite rooms and a terrace with views over the Portofino coast… MoreEUR 35 - 100 Albergo Lavagnese
 Located in the historic centre, Albergo Lavagnese is just 500 metres from Lavagna Railway Station. Its restaurant specialises in fish dishes, which ar… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lavagna: Guide
Lavagna is a fishing port city of 13,000 inhabitants in the curving stretch of the Italian Riviera di Levante called the gulf of Tigullio, in the province of Genoa in Liguria. The borgo of Lavagna was an important Ligurian cultural center in the Middle Ages. Today its long straight beach is packed with August tourists.
The Fieschi, counts of Lavagna, held the Innocent IV in 1243, and his nephew Ottobuono was elected pope to succeed Innocent V on July 12, 1276, but died at Viterbo on August 18, without ever having been ordained to the priesthood, as Pope Adrian V. In the Fieschi conspiracy of 1547, Giovanni Luigi Fieschi and the nobles unsuccessfully attempted to recapture the dogate from Andrea Doria, and the power of the Fieschi was broken.
The Basilica dei Fieschi is that of San Salvatore di Cogorno. The city recreates neo-medieval festivities annually as the "Torta Fieschi", which has been recreating (since 1949) the festivities that surrounded the wedding of Opizzo Fiesco, conte di Lavagna, with the Siena|Sienese patrician Bianca dei Bianchi. A colorful cortege through the streets reunites the inhabitants of the six medieval quarters (sestieri) of Lavagna, as the gigantic cake is distributed among those in the crowd who have found the matching half of their tickets.
The Commenda di Prè in the historical center derives its name from having been entrusted confraternities, each of whom frescoed their appointed area of the vaulting as they chose. In the Agnus Dei, the symbol of Christ is surrounded by four figures, each one with six variegated wings, representing the Four Living Beings from the Apocalypse.
The Cathedral of St Laurence has a portal that demonstrates Byzantine influence, testimony to the presence of Byzantine artists in Liguria during the Early Middle Ages.
The Palazzo Ducale was the center of temporal power in Lavagna, housing the meetings of the Great Council in the Sala del Consiglio Maggiore. It presents superposed round-headed arcades to the piazza. The Palazzo Ducale houses temporary exhibitions and other cultural events.
The characteristic shale that provides roofing "slates" in Liguria was traditionally quarried in the Capenardo and S. Giacomo mountains nearby.
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