Alassio

Alassio
Comune
Città di Alassio
Alassio from Cape Mele

Coat of arms
Alassio
Location of Alassio in Italy
Coordinates: 44°00′N 08°10′E / 44.000°N 8.167°E / 44.000; 8.167
Country Italy
Region Liguria
Province Savona (SV)
Frazioni Moglio, Solva, Caso
Government
 • Mayor Enzo Canepa (since 27 May 2013) (Right wing)
Area
 • Total 17 km2 (7 sq mi)
Elevation 6 m (20 ft)
Population (31 December 2015)
 • Total 10,934
 • Density 640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Alassino(i)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 17021
Dialing code 0182
Patron saint St. Ambrose
Saint day 7 December
Website Official website

Alassio (Ligurian: Arasce[1]) is a town and comune 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.

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.[2]

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.[3]

Alassio is featured as the location for a holiday in the 1944 film The Children Are Watching Us. It is also the location of some scenes of The Pleasure Garden (film), The Snorkel and Inkheart (film).

The painter Felix Nussbaum (1904–1944) stayed in Alassio in 1934 and it appears on many of his lighter paintings.

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Alassio is twinned with:

References

  1. ↑ Frisoni, Gaetano (1910). Dizionario Genovese-Italiano e Italiano-Genovese (in Italian). Genoa: Nuova Editrice Genovese.
  2. ↑ Chisholm 1911.
  3. ↑ Kennedy 1987, p. 162.

Sources

  • Wikisource Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Alassio". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 478.
  • Kennedy, Michael (1987). Portrait of Elgar (Third ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-284017-7.
  •  "Alassio". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.


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