A seaside resort at the eastern end of the fertile
Albenga plain, situated at the foot of Monte
Croce (541 meters or 1775 feet), it used to be a
possession of the bishop of Albenga. Passing to
the republic of Genoa in the fourteenth century,
it was governed by a podestĂ . In 1563 a circular
bastion was built on the beach as a defense
against the frequent Saracen raids, but in 1637
the town was attacked by Barbary pirates, who
sacked and burned it and ordered the
deportation of the entire population. The
“landing of the Turks” is commemorated every
year at the beginning of July. Valuable works
of art are housed in the baroque parish church
of Santi Giovanni ed Eugenio, while the church
of the cemetery, at Peagna, contains traces of
frescoes from the fifteenth-sixteenth century.
This small village in the immediate hinterland
of Ceriale is accessible by means of a narrow
and gently sloping alley, lined with pots of
geraniums and basil. An important cultural
festival is staged there in the summer,
culminating in a book fair.
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