Ventimiglia
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- For other uses see Ventimiglia (disambiguation).
Ventimiglia (Fr. Vintimille, anc. Album Intimilium or Albintimilium), a frontier fortress, seaport and Episcopal see of Liguria, Italy, in the province of Imperia, 94 miles W by S of Genoa by rail, and 4 miles from the Franco-Italian frontier, 45 ft. above sea-level. The population is (1901) 3,452 (town); 11,468 (commune).
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History
Ventimiglia was a municipium with an extensive territory, and of some importance under the Roman Empire, but was plundered by the partisans of Otho in AD 69.
Sights
Remains of a theatre are visible, and remains of many other buildings have been discovered, among them traces of the ancient city walls, a fine mosaic, found in 1852 but at once destroyed, and a number of tombs to the west of the theatre. The caves of the Balzi Rossi have proved rich in palaeolithic remains of the Quaternary period.
The present Gothic cathedral is built on the ruins of an earlier Lombard church, and this again on a Roman building, possibly a temple. The ruins of the ancient town are situated in the plain of Nervia, 3 miles to the East of the modern.
Transportation
Ventimiglia is the final destination of many trains from France.
External link
- Official website (in Italian)
This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain.
