Imperia
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Imperia
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Imperia Porto Maurizio - Clung to the promontory of Parasio, the ancient town of Porto Maurizio is a tangle of street and little winding alleys, all going uphill. The medieval nucleus of Parasio offers an unmatchable view over the gulf of Imperia and evocative glimpses from the loggias of Santa Chiara, placed perpendicularly over the sea, at the border of the ancient town walls. Close by are the oratory and the house where San Leonardo was born (an ardent Franciscan preacher, today patron saint of the city of Imperia) and San Pietro's oratory, with its baroque frontal. In neo-classic style, instead, is the Cathedral dedicated to San Maurizio, a grandiose building erected between 1781 and 1838, and outside of the historical center. At the foot of Parasio, there are the ancient villages of Marina and Foce, parks, villas and well equipped bathing establishments. Here the Mediterranean brushwood finds its best "habitat", marrying demands and needs of modern tourism with the enjoyment as well of a vacation in the open air: camping, tourism villages, tennis courts, soccer fields, bowling lanes and swimming pools. The century-old wedding of Porto Maurizio with the sea is renewed, every two years, in its marina by means of the renowned and waited-for international event of the Vele d'Epoca and it is being confirmed as well by the important naval museum in Piazza del Duomo. At Borgo Marina, the little marina is near one of the most beautiful and famous beaches of the Riviera, the Spiaggia d'Oro (Golden Beach). Not too far away, at the eastern end of Porto Maurizio, there is Borgo Prino with its typical restaurants where the best of the local cooking can be savored.
