240px, Tower of the Castle of Borgo Fornari. Ronco Scrivia () is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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Liguria Liguria (; ; , ) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is roughly coextensive with ...

, located about north of

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. Ronco Scrivia borders the following municipalities:

Busalla Busalla is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about north of Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the upper valley of the Scrivia river. Nearby is the artificial Lake Busalletta. ...

, Fraconalto,

Isola del Cantone Isola del Cantone () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about north of Genoa. Isola del Cantone borders the following municipalities: Arquata Scrivia, Busalla, Gavi, Grondona, ...

, Voltaggio. Ronco Scrivia is known for the famous brewery "Dio Ronco".

History

Ronco is mentioned for the first time in an 1127 document. It was held by the

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until the 13th century, and then by the

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family and later by the

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. Together with the whole Republic of Genoa, Ronco became part of the

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in 1815. Being a major railroad junction point between

and

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, it was heavily bombed by Allied planes during the late

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Main sights

*Parish church of San Martino (17th century). It houses canvasses by Orazio De Ferrari and Giovanni Lorenzo Bertolotto *Parish church of Santa Maria Assunta (12th century, rebuilt in the 17th century), in the ''

frazione A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...

'' of Borgo Fornari. *Sanctuary of Madonna della Bastia *Abbey of Santa Maria al Porale, in the eponymous ''frazione''. *Marquisses Palace, now housing the town hall *Castle of Ronco Scrivia (11th-12th centuries), a former noble residence of the Spinola. Today only a few fragments remain of the original medieval fortress. *Villa Davidson (1909-1910), a patrician villa in Borgo Fornari. *Castle of Borgo Fornari (12th century). Now mostly in ruins, aside from a tower, it once commanded the road in the Valle Scrivia to the former Genoese fief of Voltaggio.

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