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Savona

Savona
Comune
Comune di Savona
Panorama of Savona
Panorama of Savona
Flag of Savona
Flag
Savona is located in Italy
Savona
Savona
Location of Savona in Italy
Coordinates: 44°18′N 8°29′E / 44.300°N 8.483°E / 44.300; 8.483
Country Italy
Region Liguria
Province / Metropolitan city Savona (SV)
Frazioni Bosco delle Ninfe, Ciantagalletto, Ciatti, Cimavalle, ConcaVerde, Galleria Ranco, Madonna del Monte, Maschio, Montemoro, Naso di Gatto, San Bartolomeo al Bosco, San Bernardo in Valle, Santuario
Government
 • Mayor Ilaria Caprioglio
Area
 • Total 65.55 km2 (25.31 sq mi)
Elevation 4 m (13 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
 • Total 61,345
 • Density 940/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Savonesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 17100
Dialing code 019
Patron saint Our Lady of Mercy
Saint day 18 March
Website Official website

Savona [saˈvoːna] About this sound listen  (Ligurian: Sann-a [ˈsaŋːa] French: Savone) is a seaport and comune in the northern Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea.

Savona used to be one of the chief seats of the Italian iron industry, having iron-works and foundries, shipbuilding, railway workshops, engineering shops, and a brass foundry.

One of the most celebrated former inhabitants of Savona was the navigator Christopher Columbus, who farmed land in the area while chronicling his journeys. '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.

Inhabited in ancient times by Ligures tribes, it came under Roman influence in c. 180 BC, after the Punic wars in which the city had been allied to Carthage. At the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it passed under Lombard rule in 641 AD (being destroyed in the attack) after a short period as an Ostrogoth and then Byzantine possession. Later it recovered as county seat in the Carolingian Empire. In the 10th century its bishops were counts of Savona, but later the countship passed to the marquesses of Monferrato (981) and afterwards to the marquesses Del Vasto (1084).


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