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Liguria (/ l ɪ ˈ ɡ j ʊər i ə /; Italian: [liˈɡuːrja]; Ligurian: Ligûria, Ligurian: [liˈɡyːɾja]) is a region of north-western Italy; its capital is Genoa.Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennines mountain range and is roughly coextensive with the former territory of the Republic of Genoa.
The province of Imperia (Italian: provincia di Imperia; Ligurian: provinsa d'Imperia; Occitan: província d'Impèria) is a mountainous and hilly province in the Liguria region of Italy, situated between France to the north and the west, and the Ligurian Sea, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Its capital is the city of Imperia.
Pertinax, Roman emperor in 193 A.D. from Alba Pompeia, Liguria. People with Ligurian names were living south of Placentia, in Italy, as late as 102 AD. [16] In 126 AD the Liguria region was the birthplace of Pertinax, Roman soldier and politician who became Roman Emperor.
Administratively the range is divided between the Italian provinces of Cuneo, Imperia and Savona and the French department of Alpes-Maritimes (south-western slopes).. The Ligurian Alps are drained by the Tanaro River, along with other tributaries of the Po River, on the Piedmontese side, and by several smaller rivers that flow directly to the Mediterranean Sea on the Ligurian and French side.
Imperia (pronounced [imˈpɛːrja] ⓘ; Ligurian: Inpêia [iŋˈpeːja] or Inpéria) is a coastal city and comune in the region of Liguria, Italy.It is the capital of the Province of Imperia, and historically it was capital of the Intemelia district of Liguria.
Liguria and the Italian Riviera La Riviera italienne, travel poster for ENIT, ca. 1920. Christ of the Abyss at San Fruttuoso Abbey, Camogli Dolphin at the Aquarium of Genoa. The Italian Riviera or Ligurian Riviera (Italian: Riviera ligure [riˈvjɛːra ˈliːɡure]; Ligurian: Rivêa lìgure [ɾiˈveːa ˈliɡyɾe]) is the narrow coastal strip in Italy which lies between the Ligurian Sea and ...
Alemannisch; Anarâškielâ; العربية; Aragonés; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Bikol Central
Ameglia (Italian:; Ligurian: Ameggia, locally Megia [4]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of La Spezia in the Italian region of Liguria, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) southeast of Genoa and about 11 kilometres (7 mi) southeast of La Spezia. Ameglia borders the municipalities of Lerici and Sarzana.