Pietra Ligure

Pietra Ligure is an Italian town of 8 812 inhabitants in the province of Savona in Liguria. It is a part of the conurbation that stretches from Borgio Verezzi to Borghetto Santo Spirito It is a department of the University of Genoa. Pietra Ligure owes its call to the historic fortress that stands on the spur of rock uncovered to the north-east, dominating the bay, the coast and the surrounding hills. Castrum et Oppidum Petrae , the "stone castle", constructed within the 7th - eighth century and inhabited for a long time through the Bishops of Albenga , who in 1100 made it their summer season residence. Pietra Ligure hosts the three-year diploma path in physiotherapy and the diploma direction in nursing at the School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences formerly the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Genoa. Confuoco. It is an event that dates again to the time of the Republic of Genoa, of which "La Pietra" from 1385 have become part.

Every year, the Sunday before Christmas it turned into customary to arrange the Confuoco ceremony in the course of which the Consuls and citizenship paid tribute to the Pedestal by expressing a Merry Christmas, at the end inside the ancient Piazza Vichada, nowadays Piazza La Stone, a large bonfire of laurel turned into set up and set on fireplace. If the flames rose straight into the sky it became the want of a satisfied new 12 months. The medieval rite, which includes parades of historical awards for the meritorious citizens and the lighting fixtures of the bonfire, remains held on Sunday before Christmas. The first human settlements within the vicinity, relationship returned to the Neolithic length , are attested by means of the diverse archaeological reveals discovered within the caves of Mount Trabocchetto. Among the diverse unearths some gear for looking and protection, however also strains of fireplace. Other finds, which include a tomb with a traceable chariot.