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Andora, or Marina di Andora as it is often called, is a town on the Italian Riviera in the region of Liguria and in the province of Savona.
Andora
is also situated in the western part of the Italian Riviera between Capo Mele
in the east and Capo Mimosa in the west. This coastal area is called the Palms
Riviera which is centred on Savona. To the west is the Flowers Riviera, which
stretches from the French border to Cervo.
The town is situated on the banks of the River Merula where it flows into the sea. It is 55 km from Savona, the main town in the province, 15km from Imperia, 40km from Sanremo and 100km from Genoa. The territory forms part of the Mountain Community of Ingauna. Some of the parishes under Andora are Conna, Colla Micheri, San Bartolomeo, San Pietro, Stellanello, Rollo.
Andora is a popular holiday resort thanks to the long sandy beach and the historical hinterland. Since 1986 Andora has held the Bandiera Blu award for clean waters and beaches. Accommodations include hotels, bed and brekfast establishments and camp sites. There are public and private lidos offering services such as sunbed, hire, etc. Various water sports are practised including sailing, canoeing, surfing, kite surfing and windsurfing. A diving club Sport 7 is based in the marina and the sailing and canoeing club to the east of the port.
It has had a marina. Apart from water sports there have also been bowls clubs, tennis clubs and horse riding stables at San Pietro. The area is popular for hiking and mountain biking. The Parco delle Farfalle has had a roller skating rink and there has been a cycling velodrome in the center.
It has restaurants and many bars. Concerts hqave been held at the Parco delle Farfalle as well, in the town centre and in the historic setting of the mediaeval St James and St Phillip Church. There has also been an open air cinema in the summer months.
There is a historical nucleus on a hill inland around the remains of the paraxo Clavesana Castle which was once home to the governor of Genoa. Just opposite is the chapel of St Nicholas and ruins of some mediaeval houses. The Church of St James and St Phillip which is based on the Cathedral in Albenga was built in local stone with columns and pillars in the late Romanic period. A little further down the hill is the castle Tower which was built between 1220 and 1240 and still remains intact.
A bridge on the River Merula with 10 arches is called the Roman Bridge but it was actually built in the Middle Ages on the site of a pre-existing older structure.
The Saint John the Baptist church dates back to the 15th century in the parish of the same name. The bastione built in defence against the Saracens in the 11th century which now houses a pizzeria.
The first settlement here dates back to the 8th century BC with the Focesi escaping from Asia Minor. During the Roman Empire, Castrum Andorae underwent substantial development due to its strategic location on the Via Julia Augusta. After the invasion by the Goths in 951 it formed part of the Marca Aleramica and from 1091 passed to Bonifacio di Vasto. From 1125 the Clavesana family took over and constructed a defensive fortification mainly to control the means of communication and enhanced the town with towers, churches and town walls. Due to a war the family had to sell the territory and its castle in 1252 to the Republic of Genoa initiating a period of five centuries of peace. In this period olive trees were grown and olive oil produced, fishing was practised and boat building begun. At the end of the 18th century the area became under the control of Napoleon Bonaparte in the new department of Montenotte. It later fell to the rule of Sardinia and then Italy.
The Italian Riviera, or Ligurian Riviera (Italian Riviera ligure) is the narrow coastal strip which lies between the Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain formed by the Maritime Alps and the Apennines. Longitudinally it extends from the border with France and the French Riviera (or Côte d'Azur) near Ventimiglia (a former customs post) to Capo Corvo (also known as Punta Bianca) which marks the eastern end of the Gulf of La Spezia and is close to the border with Tuscany. The Italian Riviera thus includes nearly all of the coastline of Liguria. (Historically it extended further to the west, through what is now French territory as far as Monaco.)
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