Moneglia

Moneglia is a comune and municipality within the Metropolitan City of Genoa inside the Italian region Liguria, located about 50 kilometres southeast of Genoa. It is a traveller motel on the Riviera di Levante. In 2012 it changed into delivered to the list of I borghi piu belli d'Italia. He village, already inhabited in pre Roman instances by Ligurians, became an important centre at some point of the Roman Age thanks to its strategic position on Via Aurelia. In the 7th century AD Liguria became conquered through king Rothari after which via the Lombard king Liutprand who favoured the spread of the monasteries. Charlemagne gave the land and the port to the Monks Columban. In the Middle Ages Moneglia, in conjunction with different villages of jap Liguria, became invaded through Saracen pirates who sacked it. The fief of Moneglia changed into ruled, until 1153, by the Fieschi from Lavagna, and ultimately became a part of the Republic of Genoa.

In 1284 Moneglia participated with its ships at the positive Battle of Meloria, where Genoa won in opposition to the Republic of Pisa. According to the tradition Genoa donated to the community of Moneglia some pieces of the port of Pisa chain in exchange for his or her contribution to the victory. In the sixteenth century Moneglia was elected with the aid of Genoa as capital of the encompassing place. In 1815 Moneglia become included inside the Kingdom of Sardinia, after the Congress of Vienna; in 1861 it became a part of the Kingdom of Italy. The fundamental fabricated from this land is Ligurian olive oil, which has received in current years the PDO Riviera Ligure di Levante. The cultivation of olive bushes has allowed, over the last decades, the emergence of numerous turbines in which the production, specifically a circle of relatives, is now massive. Moneglia oil is going properly with fish dishes and Mediterranean food regimen, of which the Ligurian delicacies is perhaps the ultimate expression.