Castiglione Chiavarese

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Castiglione Chiavarese-Stemma.png

official_name =Comune di Castiglione Chiavarese
name = Castiglione Chiavarese
region = Liguria
province = Genoa (GE)
elevation_m = 271
area_total_km2 = 30.1
population_as_of = Dec. 2004All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
population_total = 1580
population_density_km2 = 52
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|44|17|N|9|31|E|type:city(1,580)_region:IT
frazioni = Campegli, Casali, Conio,Fiume, Casa del Monte, Masso, Mereta, Missano, San Pietro Frascati, Velva, Velva Santuario
telephone = 0185
postalcode = 16030
gentilic = Castiglionesi
saint =
day =
mayor = Fausto Figone
website = [http://www.comune.castiglione-chiavarese.ge.it/index.htm www.comune.castiglione-chiavarese.ge.it]
mapy = 9.5167
mapx = 44.2833

Castiglione Chiavarese is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 50 km southeast of Genoa.

Castiglione Chiavarese borders the following municipalities: Carro, Casarza Ligure, Deiva Marina, Maissana, Moneglia.

History

In ancient times the area of Castiglione probably marked the border between the Ligurian and the Etruscan cultures. the modern "frazione" of Velva was a Roman "municipium" during Trajans reign.

The Val Petronio was colonized by Benedictine monks after the fall of the Western Roman Empire; later it became a possession of the Fieschi family who, in 1276, sold Castiglione to the Republic of Genoa. In 1747 the latter built here a series of fortifications against the Austrians. In 1815, after a short Napoleonic rule, it was acquired by the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont, becoming part of the newly unified Kingdom of Italy in 1861.

Main sights

*Church of "Sant'Antonino martire" (1143)
*Conio Abbey (1664)
*Roman bridges and roads

Transportation

Castiglione Chiavarese is located across the SS523 State Road connecting it to Sestri Levante, which also houses the nearest railway station.

Demographic evolution

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ources

*cite book|first=Fausto|last=Figone|title=La Podesteria di Castiglione. Lineamenti storici |location=Chiavari|year=1995

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