Alassio

For the composition by Edward Elgar, see In the South (Alassio).

Alassio
Comune
Città di Alassio
Alassio from Cape Mele
Alassio from Cape Mele
Flag of Alassio
Flag
Coat of arms of Alassio
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
The City of the Muretto
Location of Alassio
Map
Alassio is located in Italy
Alassio
Alassio
Location of Alassio in Italy
Alassio is located in Liguria
Alassio
Alassio
Alassio (Liguria)
Coordinates: 44°00′N 08°10′E / 44.000°N 8.167°E / 44.000; 8.167
CountryItaly
RegionLiguria
ProvinceSavona (SV)
FrazioniMoglio, Solva, Caso
Government
 • MayorMarco Melgrati (Indipendent)
Area
[1]
 • Total
17 km2 (7 sq mi)
Elevation
6 m (20 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2015)[2]
 • Total
10,934
 • Density640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
DemonymAlassians (in italian: alassini)[3]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
17021
Dialing code0182
Patron saintSt. Ambrose
Saint day7 December
WebsiteOfficial website

Alassio (Ligurian: Arasce or Arasci[4][5]) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Savona situated in the western coast of Liguria, Northern Italy, approximately 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the French border.

Alassio is known for its natural and scenic views. The town centre is crossed by a pedestrianised cobbled road known as the Budello.

The town has sandy beaches, blue sea and many bars and restaurants on the sea front. Alassio has also a pier known as "Molo di Alassio" or "Pontile Bestoso" which offers views of the town. The town is famous for its "Muretto di Alassio", a wall with signatures onto coloured ceramic tiles.[6]

Seafront walk, Alassio, SV
Seafront walk, Alassio, SV

Alassio is situated on the Riviera di Ponente coast, and it has a small tourist port (porticciolo) named "Luca Ferrari". It was also known as a health resort in winter and a bathing place in summer, and has many hotels.[7]

Alasssio was the start of stage 7 of the 2023 Giro Donne won by Annemiek van Vleuten.

Heritage

The English composer Edward Elgar wrote a concert-overture called In the South (Alassio) whilst staying on holiday in Alassio in the winter of 1903–04.[8]

Alassio is featured as the location for a holiday in the 1944 film The Children Are Watching Us.

The painter Felix Nussbaum (1904–1944) stayed in Alassio in 1934 and it appears on many of his lighter paintings. The painters Helen Frankenthaler and her husband Robert Motherwell summered and worked there in 1960.

Lisa Gastoni, born Alassio, 28th. July, 1935.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy

Twin towns – Sister cities

Alassio is twinned with:

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ Nam, Vincenzo (1892). Alassio and its Flora. Field Museum of Natural History Library. Alassio : J. Ottino.
  4. ^ Frisoni, Gaetano [in Italian] (1910). Dizionario Genovese-Italiano e Italiano-Genovese (in Italian). Genoa: Nuova Editrice Genovese.
  5. ^ "TIG - Risultati". www.zeneize.net. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  6. ^ "ALASSIO | The Muretto". alassio.eu. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  7. ^ Chisholm 1911.
  8. ^ Kennedy 1987, p. 162.

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