Ceva

Ceva stands on a wedge of land between the Tanaro and the Cevetta, on the route from the Piedmontese plain toward the Ligurian coast. In the Middle Ages it was the seat of a small marquisate, acquired by Savoy in the late fifteenth century. A fortress above the town defended the frontier toward Liguria. French forces received it in 1796 and demolished its fortifications on the rocky height in 1800.