Ceriana


Ceriana is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about west of Imperia. As of 2018, it had a population of 1,214 and an area of.
Ceriana borders the following municipalities: Badalucco, Bajardo, Sanremo, and Taggia.

History

Built on the site of a Roman fort, Castrum Colianum, the city took its present shape mostly in the 11th and 12th centuries C.E. Gian Battista Embriaco, professor at the Roman College of Saint Thomas and the inventor in 1867 of the hydrochronometer, was born in Ceriana. Examples of his hydrochronometer can be found in Rome on the gardens of the Pincian Hill and in the Villa Borghese gardens. Embriaco had presented two prototypes of his invention at the Paris Universal Exposition in 1867 where it won prizes and great acclaim.

Culture

Celebrities

Giulio Natta, nobel prize for chemistry in 1963, lived in Ceriana, on via della visitazione. Today, there is a plaque in his memory next to his house.

Festivals

Despite its small population, Ceriana hosts celebrations and events on its main square on most weekends throughout the year, drawing tourists from nearby Sanremo, Nice and beyond. Annual festivals include:
La Banda Musicale di Ceriana was originally formed in 1882. Its current iteration was reformed in 1950.

Easter Procession

Several events are held during the Holy Week, La Settimana Santa, around the Catholic Easter, culminating in a series of processions in which four choirs consisting of local men sing ancient Latin chants through the streets of Ceriana and in the main church.

Demographics


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Twin towns — sister cities

Ceriana is twinned with: