Campo Ligure

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

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Davide PapaliniCampo Ligure (GE) - chiesa della Natività di Maria Vergine CC BY 2.5
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Parma1983Museo civico della filigrana (Campo Ligure) - facciata e lato est 2022-07-09 CC BY-SA 4.0
Parma1983Oratorio dei Santi Sebastiano e Rocco (Campo Ligure) - facciata 2022-07-09 CC BY-SA 4.0
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Fine gold and silver threads, shaped by hand with small pliers, have been Campo Ligure's trade since its first filigree workshop opened in 1884; it is now Italy's national centre for the craft. It lies mid-way along the Valle Stura, where three streams meet below the Spinola castle, and a medieval bridge crosses the Stura. For centuries it was an imperial fief, often at odds with its lords.

Highlights

Filigree workshops and the Mostra della filigrana in August and September
Castello Spinola on its rock above the village, restored in the 1990s
The medieval bridge over the Stura
Palazzo Spinola on the main square, enlarged in 1693
The Beigua regional nature park, which takes in part of the territory

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Campo Ligure (IT), Campo Ligure (EN)), Wikivoyage (Campo Ligure). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 2,777

Things to see

Events through the year

Festa patronale di santa Maria Maddalena Religious · Sunday after 22 July
Mostra della filigrana Fairs and markets · August and SeptemberShow of filigree goldsmith work

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Campo Ligure). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Local food & wine

RevzoraBread and pastaFocaccia of wheat and maize flour, yellower than Genoese focaccia
BazzurraDishSoup of milk and chestnuts from the old peasant cuisine
PuteDishPolenta cooked in vegetable broth, served with vegetables
Local honeyLocal produceMade in the valleys around the village

Adapted from Wikipedia (Campo Ligure), Wikivoyage (Campo Ligure). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to sleep

4 places to stay within 3 km

B&Bs and guest houses 2
Hotels 1
Campsites 1

Thermal baths nearby

Thermal spa: Stabilimento Curativo Nuove Terme · ~36 min by car

Nearby member villages

Celle Ligure · 25 km
Mombaldone · 29 km
Garbagna · 36 km
Noli · 43 km
Millesimo · 44 km