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VENTIMIGLIA (Fr. Vintimille, anc. See also:Album Intimilium or Albintimilium) , a frontier fortress, seaport and episcopal see of See also:Liguria, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Porto Maurizio, 94 M. W. by S. of See also:Genoa by See also:rail, and 4 M. from the Franco-See also:Italian frontier, 45 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (1901) 3452 (See also:town); 11,468 (See also:commune). The See also:present See also:Gothic See also:cathedral is built on the ruins of an earlier Lombard See also:church, and this again on a See also:Roman See also:building, possibly a See also:temple. The ruins of the See also:ancient town are situated in the See also:plain of Nervia, 3 M. to the E. of the See also:modern. It was a See also:municipium with an extensive territory, and of some import-. ante under the See also:Empire, but was plundered by the partisans of See also:Otho in A.D. 69. Remains of a See also:theatre are visible, and remains of many other buildings have been discovered, among them traces of the ancient See also:city walls, a See also:fine See also:mosaic, found in 1852 but at once lestroyed, and a number of tombs to the See also:west of the theatre. The caves of the Balzi See also:Rossi have proved See also:rich in See also:palaeolithic remains of the See also:Quaternary See also:period.

See Notizie degli Scavi, passim, especially 1877, 288 (G. Rossi).

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