Celle Ligure Explained

Celle Ligure
Official Name:	Comune di Celle Ligure
Coordinates:	44.35°N 41°W
Region:	Liguria
Province:	Savona (SV)
Mayor:	Caterina Mordeglia^[1]
Area Total Km2:	9.6
Population Footnotes:	^[2]
Population Total:	5342
Population As Of:	31 December 2011
Population Demonym:	Cellesi or Cellaschi
Postal Code:	17015
Area Code:	019

Celle Ligure (lij|Çelle) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 30km (20miles) west of Genoa and about 8km (05miles) northeast of Savona.

It borders the comuni of: Albisola Superiore, Stella, and Varazze. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").^[3]

Main sights

• Parish church of San Michele Arcangelo (1645). It houses a polyptych by Perin del Vaga from 1535
• Pseudo-Romanesque church of Nostra Signora della Consolazione (18th century)
• Bregalla Tower (11th through 16th centuries)

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy.

Celle Ligure is twinned with:

• Celle, Germany^[4]

People

Francesco della Rovere, later Pope Sixtus IV, was born in Celle in 1414.

External links

• Official website
• Travel Guide
• Webcam of the Beach
• Photos of Celle Ligure

Notes and References

1. Web site: Celle Ligure, il nuovo sindaco è Caterina Mordeglia: Zunino battuto di 317 voti - IVG.it. 27 May 2019.
2. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
3. Web site: Liguria. 31 July 2023. it.
4. Web site: Stadt Celle . www.celle.de . 2010-01-05 .