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Extract from the Savona Travel Guides:
First impressions of
SAVONA
, 17km northeast of Noli, aren't up to much: it's a functional city much rebuilt after a hammering in World War II. However, its port infrastructure and ugly outskirts hide a picturesque
medieval centre
worth exploring - especially when it's taken over on summer Saturdays by a huge antiques and bric--brac market. The town's main claim to fame is as the
Citt dei Papi
, City of Popes: local boy Francesco Della Rovere became
Pope Sixtus IV
in 1471, and had a large private chapel built within the Vatican (named the Sistine Chapel after himself) and his nephe...
read the whole Savona Travel Guides...
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