Lavagna

Lavagna lies on the Ligurian coast east of Genoa. The settlement appears to have developed in Roman times under the name Lavania. From 1198 it was a fief of the Fieschi family, who used it as a stronghold in the struggles within the Republic of Genoa. In 1564 the Ottoman admiral Occhiali sacked the town. Its church of Nostra Signora del Ponte dates from the thirteenth century, beside an old bridge.