Cammino dei Santuari del Mare: Points of interest
Cultural and natural places linked to this walk in the Appy catalogue. Check each location and description to plan your visit.
- Tiglieto Abbey
Founded on 18 October 1120 by monks from La Ferté in France, it was the first Cistercian community in Italy and the first outside France.
- Nostra Signora dell'Acquasanta Sanctuary
17th-century sanctuary in baroque style, in Genoa, Italy.
- Badia di Sant'Andrea
Former Cistercian abbey, one of the oldest Cistercian communities in Italy after Tiglieto, that kept its Gothic style through later life as a noble villa.
- Castello di Campo Ligure
Castle, in Campo Ligure, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.
- Santissima Annunziata della Costa
Church founded in 1351 by three Spanish monks of the Hermits of Saint Jerome, first called Our Lady of Consolation.
- Nostra Signora del Gazzo
Hilltop sanctuary at 419 metres that began in 1645 with a giant wooden cross, joined twelve years later by a Madonna statue during the plague.
- Nostra Signora Incoronata Sanctuary
Sanctuary in Renaissance style, in Genoa, Italy.
- Monte Figogna
Natural landmark. Monte Figogna is a mountain in Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Apennines.
- Ponte San Michele
9th-century bridge, in Campo Ligure, Italy.
- Monte Pavaglione
Natural landmark, in Liguria, Italy, at 890 m elevation.
- Palazzo Spinola
Palace, in Campo Ligure, Italy.
- Natività di Maria Vergine
18th-century church in baroque style, dedicated to Nativity of Mary, in Campo Ligure, Italy.
- Ponte medioevale sul torrente Orba
17th-century bridge, in Tiglieto, Italy, built in stone.
- San Bernardo e Santa Maria Assunta
20th-century church, dedicated to Bernard of Clairvaux, in Tiglieto, Italy.
- Santi Nazario e Celso
Church in baroque style, dedicated to Nazarius and Celsus, in Arenzano, Italy.
- Castle of Pra
Castle, in Genoa, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.
- Punta Martin
Natural landmark. Punta Martin is a mountain in Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Apennines.
- Nostra Signora di Lourdes
20th-century sanctuary, dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes, in Genoa, Italy.
- Gazzo Mountain
A limestone summit of 419 metres with a sanctuary to Our Lady of Mercy on top, its flanks eaten away by centuries of quarrying.
- Ponte di Cornigliano
13th-century bridge, dedicated to Cornigliano, in Genoa, Italy.
- Basilica di Nostra Signora Assunta, Genoa
17th-century church in baroque style, dedicated to Assumption of Mary, in Genoa, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.
- San Martino church (Sestri Ponente, Genoa)
Church, in Municipio VI Medio Ponente, Italy.
- Chiesa di Santa Caterina
Church, in Genoa, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.
- Tower of Doria di Pegli
Tower, in Genoa, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.
- Granara Viaduct
Bridge, dedicated to Granara, in Genoa, Italy.
- Vivaldi Pasqua, Raggio
Structures in masonry with stone arches, wooden ceilings with cane vaults and ceilings in concrete or metal structure.
- Palazzo Piuma
load-bearing masonry with brick vaults in the foundations and in the spaces accessible from the north facade, wooden floors with cane vaults in the other horizontal structures.
- Cimitero di S. Biagio
reinforced concrete and brick structure plastered.
- Ex Cotonificio Ligure
plastered stone and brick masonry / cast iron columns.
- Historic Farmhouse and Attached Barn
FARMHOUSE structured on two floors plus an attic; load-bearing structure made of stone masonry; horizontal structures made of beams and wooden boards.
- Former Church and Convent of Saints Cristino and Michele or of the Gerolimini
stone and brick masonry.
- Viale della Rimembranza di Tiglieto
The municipality of Tiglieto is located in Val d'Orba, behind Arenzano, in the heart of the Ligurian Apennines, almost at the border with the Piedmont region.
- Cappella di S. Gottardo
reinforced concrete and brick structure plastered.
- Chiesa Nuova
reinforced concrete and brick structure plastered.
- Arenzano Memorial Avenue to the Fallen of All Wars
The Memorial Avenue is located in the center of Arenzano, connecting the more historic part with the expansion area that developed around the Sanctuary.
- Scaglia Paper Mill
Load-bearing masonry in stone and bricks, with vaulted ceilings and reinforced concrete.
- Former Piccardo Paper Mill (Paper Museum)
Masonry in stone/wood/reinforced concrete arches.
- Memorial Avenue to the Fallen of World War I, Viale della Rimembranza di Pegli
Pegli is a district of western Genoa, an autonomous municipality until 1926, when it was incorporated into the municipality of Genoa.
- Sestri Ponente Tram Depot
Two twin warehouses with sloped metal roofs, with a facade in masonry covered in wooden slats. Internal load-bearing structure in cast iron with scroll decorations.
- Former Foundry Società Anonima Giò Fossati and C
Brick masonry structure with metal horizontal elements and partially glass covering.
- Former Cohen Tannery
Reinforced concrete frame structure.
- Former Ligure Metallurgical Company
Reinforced concrete frame structure.
- Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.a
frame structure in reinforced concrete
- Monte Pracaban
Peak at 946 m elevation. Monte Pracaban is a mountain in the Valle Stura, Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Apennines.
- Monte Orditano
Peak at 950 m elevation. Monte Orditano is a mountain in Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Apennines.
- Monte Penello
Peak at 995 m elevation. Monte Penello is a mountain in Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Apennines.
- Monte Colma
Peak at 856 m elevation. Monte Colma is a mountain in Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Apennines.
- Monte Argentea
Peak, in Arenzano, Italy, at 1,082 m elevation.
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