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Savona · Liguria
Things to see in Savona
In Savona the atlas lists 76 historic places: 35 historic villas and palaces, 17 museums, 10 fortresses and towers, 5 castles, 4 abbeys and monasteries, 3 archaeological sites and 2 historic theatres.
Of these, 1 list opening hours.
Don’t miss: All About Apple museum (2002), museum in Savona, Italy.
By date of construction, the most common period is the Modern era (42% of dated places) and the Middle Ages (32% of dated places).
- 76historic places
- 58,194inhabitants
- 4 maltitude
The town
Savona is a coastal city in Liguria, Northwest Italy, the capital of the Province of Savona. It is the third largest city in Liguria, after Genoa and La Spezia.
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76 places
Villas and palaces 35
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Savona Town Hall 
Palazzo Gavotti 
Palazzo dei fratelli Rosso 
Palazzo dei Pavoni 
Palazzo della Banca d'Italia 
Palazzo Delle Piane 
Palazzo Maffiotti 
Corso Italia 29 
Palazzo Basso della Rovere 
Palazzo degli Anziani 
Palazzo Grassi Ferrero Doria Lamba 
Palazzo Sacco Multedo 
Palazzo Spinola 
Via Pia 10 
Palazzo Molinari 
Casa Boselli 
Palazzo Cerisola Vacciuoli 
Palazzo Chiabrera 
Palazzo del Governo 
Palazzo del Monte di Pietà 
Palazzo della Provincia 
Palazzo Pavese Del Carretto Pozzobonelli 
Palazzo Pavese Spinola 
Palazzo Vescovile 
Via Pia 22 
Villa Incisa 
Villa Valdettaro 
Palazzetto Tursi Casa di Colombo Museums 17
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Sandro Pertini and Renata Cuneo museum Pinacoteca Civica di Savona Museo del Santuario Complesso Monumentale della Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta e Cappella Sistina Museo della Spiaggia Raccolta storica del gabinetto di fisica del Liceo Chiabrera Museo Renata Cuneo Lapidary of the A Campanassa association Museo Diocesano Sacra Saona Istituto Tecnico Nautico Leon Pancaldo Museum M. G. Rossello
Fortresses and towers 10
Castles 5
Abbeys and monasteries 4
Archaeological sites 3
Historic theatres 2
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Getting there
By car: Savona is easily accessible by car from Genoa. The journey takes just over half an hour, on the A10.
From the West, Savona is approximately an hour from San Remo and two hours from Nice. This scenic route largely follows the coast.
From Turin, taking the A6, the journey takes around 1 hour 40 minutes.
By train: Trenitalia runs regular services from Genoa to 1 Savona train station. It is most convenient to catch the train at Piazza Principe. Regional services, which take 40 minutes to an hour, are very frequent, and generally cost around €10 for a return ticket. Faster InterCity services take around half an hour but are less frequent and cost approximately €18 for a second class and €21 for a first class return.
By bus: Most of the larger villages and towns in the province of Savona have reliable bus services to the city, although departures may not be very frequent.
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What to see, according to Wikivoyage
Palazzo Della Rovere.
Promontorio del Priamar
Nostra Signora di Castello. Cathedral of the Assumption (Cattedrale di Nostra Signora Assunta). The Cathedral of Assumption as it stands was largely built in the late 16th century, although the cloisters have some medieval elements. It was built to replace the earlier cathedral which was demolished by the Genoese to build the Priamar Fortress. While the exterior is early baroque, the interior is richly decorated in typical 18th century Italian style. Earlier surviving elements include the ornately carved wooden choir stalls by Anselmo De Fornari and Elia De Racchi, made between 1520 and 1521, the Byzantine font, and the pulpit, which was partially salvaged from the old cathedral. The treasury contains a small collection of high quality Renaissance paintings, including works by the Master of Hoogstraeten and Tuccio d'Andrea. Tourists may not visit during services. A donation is requested to see the choir stalls. Sistine Chapel (Capella Sistina), Via Ambrogio Aonzo. Although modest compared to the Sistine Chapel in Rome, this church in the late Gothic style, in the Cathedral cloisters, is well worth seeing.
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