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PORTO MAURIZIO

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 124 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PORTO MAURIZIO , a See also:city of See also:Liguria, See also:Italy, the See also:capital of the See also:province of Porto Maurizio, on the See also:coast of the Ligurian See also:Sea, 46 m. by See also:rail E. of See also:Nice and 7o m. S.W. of See also:Genoa, 115 ft. above sea-level. Pop. (1901), 7207. It consists of a picturesque old See also:town on the heights and a See also:modern town of villas on the See also:lower slopes. The See also:principal See also:church, designed by Gaetano Cantone, is a large structure of 1780 with a See also:dome rebuilt in 1821. A few remains of the old city walls may be seen. About 2 M. See also:north-See also:east of Porto Maurizio is the town of Oneglia, with a See also:fine church, S. Giovanni Battista, designed by Gaetano Amoretti, a See also:hospital (1785) and a large See also:prison. It suffered considerably from the See also:earthquake of 1887. Maurizio and Oneglia See also:lie on the same b and See also:boll have small but safe harbours, both are frequented for sea-bathing, and both are embowered amid See also:olive groves; and the See also:district is famous for the quality of its oil. The two towns together See also:form one See also:commune, called imperia, which had a See also:population of 15,459 in 1907.

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Portus Maurici in the Maritime Itinerary. After being subject to the marquises of See also:Turin (11th See also:century) and of Clavesana, it was sold by See also:Boniface of Clavesana in 1288 to Genoa in return for a yearly See also:payment; in 1354 it became the seat of the Genoese See also:vicar of the western See also:Riviera, and remained in the See also:possession of the See also:republic till it was merged in the See also:kingdom of See also:Sardinia. Oneglia, formerly situated inland at the See also:place called Castelvecchio (old See also:castle), has occupied its See also:present site from about 935. The bishops of See also:Albenga sold it in 1298 to the Dorias of Genoa, who in their turn disposed of it in 1576 to Emanuel Philibert of See also:Savoy. In the See also:wars of the See also:house of Savoy Oneglia often changed hands. In 1614 and 1649 the Spaniards and in 1623 and 1672 the Genoese obtained possession; in 1692 it had to repulse an attack by a See also:French See also:squadron; in 1744-1745 it was again occupied by the Spaniards, and in 1792 bombarded and burned by the French. Pellegrino Amoretti, assistant secretary to See also:Charles V., and See also:Andrea See also:Doria, the famous See also:admiral, were natives of Oneglia. See G. Donaudi, Storia di Porto Maurizio (1889).

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