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Dolceacqua with
its 1811 inhabitants is one of the Medieval villages of the
Nervia valley and it's placed along the river of the same name.
Great painter Claude Monet made it a subject for his
impressionists paintings. Almost certainly the name Dolceacqua
comes from the presence, in Roman times, of a country property
belonging to one Dulcius. The name was first changed in Duciaca
(Dusaiga is the dialect form used nowadays) and finally in Dulcisaqua.
According to another interpretation, the origin of the village
name is due to the Celts that called it Dus-Saga, changed first
in Dusaga and then in Dolceacqua. Its oldest part, dominated
over by the Doria's castle, is called Terra and it's situated
at the foot of Mount Rebuffao. The newest part of the village,
called Borgo, is situated on the opposite bank of the river along
the road that climbs up the valley. The castle was bought in
1270 by Oberto Doria, the Captain of the Genoese, the winner
of the Pisani at Meloria. Afterwards the building was widened
by his successors and the built-up area called Terra raised at
the foot of the castle following the level lines of concentric
circles around the fort, connected by steep slopes. The waters
of river Nervia were carried to feed the fountains and to irrigate
the countryside fields. In the Borgo quarter there is the
oratory of San Sebastiano, where we can admire a valuable wooden
sculpture ascribed to Maragliano; it is the seat of a Confraternity
that celebrates the martyrdom of the Saint on the Sunday that
is closer to 20th January with a solemn procession. In this occasion
they carry a big laurel tree decorated with multicoloured hosts,
that is a symbol of plenty in agricultural crops: a clear heritage
of a pagan ceremony connected to the cycle of the death and of
the resurrection of the vegetation. |
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| NEWS |
04/11/2011
We will attend you in Bolzano. For all Clients looking for information about our campsites or about Liguria can visit our STAND D23/08.
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02/05/2011
We will partecipate with own stand in Freiburg from
March, 18th to 20th Exhibition: BIKE AKTIV
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22/01/2011
Sanremo Songfestival: february 15th to 19th
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21/01/2011
Our group "Seasun" and Sunelia will partecipate with an own stand in the exhibition from february 26th to 27th
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