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One of the most celebrated former inhabitants of Savona was the navigatorChristopher Columbus, who farmed land in the area while chronicling his journeys.[citation needed] 'Columbus's house', a cottage situated in the Savona hills, lay between vegetable crops and fruit trees. It is one of several residences in Liguria associated with Columbus.[citation needed]
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bInhabited in ancient times byLigures tribes, it came underRoman influence inc. 180 BC, after thePunic wars in which the city had been allied toCarthage. After the fall of theWestern Roman Empire, it passed underLombard rule in 641 AD (being destroyed in the attack), after a short period as anOstrogoth and thenByzantine possession. Later it recovered as a county seat in theCarolingian Empire. In the 10th century its bishops were Counts of Savona, but later the countship passed to the Marquesses ofMontferrat (981) and afterwards to the MarquessesDel Vasto [it] (1084).
After a long struggle against theSaracens, Savona acquired independence in the 11th century, becoming a free municipality allied with theHoly Roman Emperor (similar to afree imperial city). Savona was the center of religious culture (13th to 16th centuries) due to the work of two important monasteries:Dominican andFranciscan. Subsequently, it fought against theRepublic of Genoa before being definitively conquered in 1528. The Genoese destroyed the upper town and buried the port. It then shared the fortunes of the Republic of Genoa untilNapoleonic times. In 1809 the city received PopePius VII, prisoner of Napoleon Bonaparte, for a few years. Between April and mid-May 1800, Austrian forces besieged the city while a small British naval force maintained a blockade; the fortress surrendered on 15 May. Subsequently, Savona was annexed to theKingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont (1815). Eventually, it became part of the unifiedKingdom of Italy, now a republic.
During the 20th century Savona became a regional industrial hub.
A map showing the expansion of the Municipality of Savona and Republic of Noli during the 1100s and 1200s. Sources are listed in the image's description.
TheCattedrale dell'Assunta (Cathedral of the Assumption), built after Genoese demolition of the old cathedral. It kept the relics ofSaint Valentine.
TheCappella Sistina (Sistine Chapel), adjacent to the cathedral and built 1480–1483, it containing the Mausoleum erected by the Della RoverePope Sixtus IV to honor his parents, Leonardo Della Rovere and Luchina Monleone. The construction was commissioned byGiovanni D'Aria and his brother Michele. The chapel is architecturally similar to the chapel dedicated to the CardinalPietro Riario in the Basilica of theSanti Apostoli, Rome. After years of deterioration, in 1765–1767 a reconstruction was ordered by the Genovese DogeFrancesco Maria Della Rovere. This updated the chapel in aRococo style, with ceiling painted byPaolo Gerolamo Brusco. The cathedral has a noteworthy 16th-century carved wooden choir seats.
The church ofNostra Signora di Castello (Our Lady of the Castle) has a large altarpiece byVincenzo Foppa andLudovico Brea painted in 1490.
TheTorre Leon Pancaldo (Leon Pancaldo Tower), built in the 14th century and also known as "Torretta", is the symbol of the town.
TheTorre del Brandale (Brandale Tower), also known asCampanassa (Commune tower, where the freedom declaration of Savona was signed in 1191) and towers Corsi and Riario.
ThePriamar fortress, built by the Genoese in 1542 after their conquest of Savona, on the area of the old cathedral and old city and later used as a prison and military prison. In 1830–1831 Giuseppe Mazzini was imprisoned in the fortress and he "dreams" the "Giovine Italia". Inside the fortress there is the Museum Centre of Priamar.
ThePalazzo Della Rovere (Della Rovere Palace), built by Cardinal Giulio della Rovere (futurePope Julius II) and designed byGiuliano da Sangallo as a university.
ThePalazzo Gavotti (Gavotti Palace), built in the 15th century. Inside the palace there is the Art Museum of Palazzo Gavotti that contains the Pinacoteca of Savona, the artwork ofFondazione Museo di Arte ContemporaneaMilena Milani in memoria di Carlo Cardazzo and the Ceramic Museum.
ThePalazzo Delle Piane (Delle Piane Palace), an important building inLiberty style of Savona.
TheVilla Zanelli, an important Liberty-style former residence and hospital.
In neighbourhood of Savona remains a house documented as property of Domenico Colombo, father of Christopher Columbus, where they lived for many years (Christopher Columbus lived in Savona for much of his youth).
TheWar Memorial, with a marble base and bronze figures, was created by sculptor Luigi Venzano. It was inaugurated on 18 September 1927 and since then every day at 18:00 in Piazza Goffredo Mameli the fallen of all wars are commemorated with 21 tolls of the bell, one for each letter of the Italian alphabet: during the tolling traffic and pedestrians stop as a sign of respect.
The average yearly temperature is around 19 °C (66 °F) during the day and 12 °C (54 °F) at night. In the coldest months: January, February and December, the average temperature is 11 °C (52 °F) during the day and 5 °C (41 °F) at night. In the warmest month – July and August – the average temperature is 28 °C (82 °F) during the day and 20 °C (68 °F) at night. Generally, a typical summer season lasts about 4 to 6 months, from May/June to September/October. The daily temperature range is limited, with an average range of about 7 °C (13 °F) between high and low temperatures. Rain occurs mainly in autumn, the summers being generally dry. Sunshine hours total above 2,097 per year, from an average 4 hours of sunshine duration per day in winter to average 9 hours in summer. Savona usually sees snow once or twice per year.
Rari Nantes Savona is anaquatic sports club, mainly known for its professional men'swater polo team, which competes uninterruptedly in theSerie A1, the top division of Italian championship, since 1982; the team has been national champion for three times.
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