HOW TO ARRIVE IN CAIRO
can be reached by car from Genoa or Torino with the A6 Savona-Torino highway, exit at the Altar.
From here engages with the State Route 29 in the direction of prison-Cairo. The state is 30 instead of via a convenient shortcut for those coming from Alessandria Acqui.
But you can reach by rail, with the San Giuseppe Savona - Alexandria, while those coming from Turin must change course in San Jose.
GEOGRAPHICAL
Located in a stunning backdrop of hills, few miles north of Colle di Cadibona (460msl), conventionally placed as the boundary between the Maritime Alps and the Ligurian Apennines, has grown and developed the town of Cairo Montenotte.
defined, and rightly so, "the capital of Valle Bormida is wet from a branch on the left bank of the river sorgentizio precisely the Bormida, which takes its name from the Valley. It collects the waters of Bormida Mallare (Pian dei Corsi) and Bormida Falla (Col Melogno), coming together after a couple of miles in the basin in prison for the cause of Bormida Spigno. The course
water then descends into a valley wider and softer than the wire Bormida Millesimo confluent just upstream of the latter eventually becoming one of the affine Bormida Tanaro.
The river, after decades of death caused by discharges from chemical industries, is once again placing of mixed fish. In the dense reed beds are a safe place for flocks of migratory birds along the river inlets in the sandy shores is easy to see shy herons share the land with colonies of gulls. Varicela mus flora. Large expanses of beech trees, thick forests of chestnut trees.
WHAT TO SEE OUT OF TOWN
VILLA DE MARI
splendid neoclassical gem Mari De Villa, built in 1825 and designed by Carlo Barabino (founder of the Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa) on behalf of the nobleman Louis some years later, Durrës became the property of the Marquis De Mari, whose descendants occupied it until the late eighties. The villa with its large park, is currently open to visitors and is situated in Via XXV Aprile along the municipal Rocchetta.
LOCATIONS 'VILLA FRANCISCAN MONASTERY XIII
A few miles from Cairo, along the road to Cortemilia, there is a remarkable testimony to art: the former Franciscan monastery dating from the thirteenth century. Tradition has it that the foundation has been San Francisco. And in all likelihood the episode has a historical basis. In 1213 the Saint had in fact embarked on a journey to Morocco to attempt to evangelize. Arriving in Cairo miraculously the daughter of Otto of Carretto deaf since birth. The noble then acquitted by giving the order of the "Minor" a piece of land to build a monastery whose church was consecrated to Our Lady of the Angels. Over time the structure was enlarged. In 1770 there lived another twenty monks who held courses in philosophy. With the suppression of religious orders, ordered by Napoleon and the fire of 1799, appiccatovi by his soldiers, began the disastrous decline. Still fairly preserved cloister to 15 columns stone, a rare example of transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
They need timely care the splendid frescoes on the life of St. Francis, who decorate the vaults of the cloister.
almost certainly (though accurate evaluations were never carried out) are due to William Hunt from Montabone said Moncalvo, active around the early years of the seventeenth.
FERRAN St. Peter's Abbey and NICOLA '
A past millennium marks the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Nicholas of Ferrania. In a first document of 1027 speaks of a donation of goods made by Tete del Vasto (father of Bonifacio) to the Benedictine monks, da alcuni anni già insediati nella zona. Settanta anni dopo, nel dicembre 1097, Bonifacio del Vasto dona a sua volta ai canonici benedettini, che nel frattempo avevano accolto la regola di S'Agostino, una grande estensione di terreno, chiese, ecc.
Fu in seguito proprietà infine passò in eredità al casato di dei De Mari. Oggi il territorio della ex appartiene alla Ferrania Technologies.
All'interno dell'Abbazia è stato allestito un museo in raccolte circa diecimila rarissimi arredi.
RISERVA NATURALISTICA DELL 'ADELASIA
Sulle alture di Ferrania a pochi km. da Cairo, trovate il refrigerio sicuro nella silente scrub forest of the Park dell'Adelasia. Legend has it that
Adelasia.figlia of Otto I of Saxony, to fulfill your dream of love, opposed by the father, with Aleramo, decides to elope with her lover, finding shelter in a natural cave from which the park takes its name. From the private party of four hiking trails noteworthy forest flora and landscape, and is crossed by the Via dei Monti Ligurian makes a stop at the refuge of the House Miera. SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF GRACE
II Santuario Madonna delle Grazie in place "Passengers" a good reason can be called "Temple-art valbor MIDES. For two important features. One of Interest archaeological, the other purely artistic.
ARCHAEOLOGY
The roots of Cairo Neolithic and Roman are reflected exactly in the area surrounding the church. During occasional excavations brought to light near the area once known as San Donato, a number of Neolithic stone axes. A few years later were exhumed oil lamps vases, articles of metal, glass and pottery. These great finds are preserved in the Archaeological Museum of Genoa Pegli. But the surprises are not over. Recent archaeological excavations have revealed traces of an amazing agricultural settlement dating back to Imperial Rome. Due to lack of funding, the campaign has stalled and now the site is not visible.
PAINTING The art gallery in Cairo has yet to adopt, but we find inside the Shrine.
One can admire the fact exvoto of the great landscape and portrait painter Leo Caires Carlo Gallo (1875-1960) suffering that the painter Domingo Motta (1872-1962) portrays the Sanctuary in 1954.
The devotional paintings, the church gives thirty (others can be seen at the Shrine of calendar year) reveal a known aspect of the Rooster, known for the charm of his works color.
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