Finalborgo

Finalborgo grew inland from the Ligurian shore at the meeting of the Aquila and Pora streams. Their beds formed a natural moat around much of the settlement, while the hill above was fortified with Castel Gavone. The Del Carretto family walled the town in the late twelfth century and made it the capital of the Marquisate of Finale.

The Del Carretto ruled Finale until 1602. Under the Spanish Habsburgs, the marquisate prospered and became a valuable landing place for troops travelling to their Milanese possessions without passing through Genoese territory. Goods could likewise move without paying Genoese duties. After the extinction of the Spanish Habsburg line, Finale passed to Genoa, and in 1797 the end of feudal government brought it into the Ligurian Republic.