Celle Ligure
Comune in Liguria, Italy
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Celle Ligure (Ligurian: Çelle) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 30 kilometres (19 miles) west of Genoa and about 8 kilometres (5 miles) northeast of Savona.
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| Comune di Celle Ligure | |
Celle Ligure | |
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| Coordinates: 44°21′N 8°33′E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Liguria |
| Province | Savona (SV) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Caterina Mordeglia[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.6 km2 (3.7 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2011)[3] | |
• Total | 5,342 |
| • Density | 560/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Cellesi or Cellaschi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 17015 |
| Dialing code | 019 |
| Website | www |
It borders the comuni of: Albisola Superiore, Stella, and Varazze. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[4]
Main sights
- Parish church of San Michele Arcangelo (1645). It houses a polyptych by Perin del Vaga from 1535
- Pseudo-Romanesque church of Nostra Signora della Consolazione (18th century)
- Bregalla Tower (11th through 16th centuries)
International relations
People
Francesco della Rovere, later Pope Sixtus IV, was born in Celle in 1414.
