Borghetto Santo Spirito is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Savona in the
Italian
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region
Liguria
it, Ligure
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, located about southwest of
Genoa
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and about southwest of
Savona.
Borghetto Santo Spirito borders the following municipalities:
Boissano
Boissano ( lij, Buintsan or , locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona.
Boissano borders the following municipalities: Bard ...
,
Ceriale
Ceriale ( lij, O Çejâ, locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region of Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona.
Ceriale borders the following municipalities: Albenga ...
,
Loano
Loano ( lij, Leua) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona.
Loano borders the following municipalities: Bardineto, Boissano, Borgh ...
, and
Toirano
Toirano ( lij, Tuiran) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona.
Geography
Toirano borders the following municipalities: Balestrino ...
.
The town is noted in the general context of the
Riviera
''Riviera'' () is an Italian word which means "coastline", ultimately derived from Latin , through Ligurian . It came to be applied as a proper name to the coast of Liguria, in the form ''Riviera ligure'', then shortened in English. The two areas ...
as one of the examples of urban explosion, with tall apartment buildings built in the 1960s and 1970s mainly near the shore. Borghetto Santo Spirito means "Little Town of the Holy Spirit" and is crossed by the stream
Varatella
The Varatella (or Varatello''Carta turistica ed escursionistica - Provincia di Savona'' - 1:50.000 map of Provincia di Savona) is a stream of Liguria (Italy).
Geography
The river is formed at elevation by the confluence of two streams, Ri ...
. Worthy of note are the Borelli Castle above the Monte Piccaro overlooking the
Ligurian Sea
The Ligurian Sea ( it, Mar Ligure; french: Mer Ligurienne; lij, Mâ Ligure) is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea. It lies between the Italian Riviera (Liguria) and the island of Corsica. The sea is thought to have been named after the ancient ...
, the Sanctuary of Saint
Anthony of Padua with a relic of the saint, the Church of Saint
Matthew the Apostle, and the small Pineland Hill in the inland of the Comune with luxurious housing units. Like all the coastal comuni of the province of Savona it is crossed every year by the
Milan - San Remo
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city ha ...
cycling race.
Notable people from Borghetto Santo Spirito
*
Ugo Magnetto, football player
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Liguria
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