What to See in Camogli: Attractions & Sights

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San Fruttuoso Abbey Churches
A Romanesque abbey tied to the Doria family, accessible only by sea or wooded trails in the Portofino Natural…
Cristo degli abissi Squares
A bronze statue on the seabed off San Fruttuoso, lowered into the sea in 1954 in memory of a diver
Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta Churches
Camogli's parish church, gilded baroque inside, built on a rock beside the old harbour
Museo marinaro di Camogli Museums
Ship models, pilot books and relics of a village fleet, collected by Gio Bono Ferrari from 1937
Castello della Dragonara Castles
Destroyed and rebuilt again and again by the townspeople, later a prison and an aquarium.
Faro Camogli Beaches
Barely a metre and a half tall, at the head of the mole: the light the sea once stripped bare.
Cappella di Sant'Anna Churches
A ruin with the statue of Saint Anne in the niche above the doorway, beside the monastery.
Santuario di Nostra Signora del Boschetto Churches
A gallery of seafarers' ex voto and an old elm at the door, on the site of the 1518 apparition.
Batteria di Punta Chiappa Castles
The Royal Italian Army's 202nd coastal battery above Punta Chiappa: bunkers, tunnels, guns never fired.
Torre Doria Castles
Raised in August 1562 by Andrea Doria's heirs to guard the hamlet and its freshwater spring.
Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo Churches
Burned in 1800 and reduced to a cattle shed, now the upper parish church of Camogli.
Chiesa di San Nicolò di Capodimonte Churches
Romanesque and built of black slate, on the path from San Rocco to Punta Chiappa.
Chiesa di San Rocco Churches
The high altar was carved for the University of Genoa; the village bought it and carried it up.
Chiesa millenaria Churches
The only church in Ruta until 1627, burnt by Napoleon's troops and put back on its feet in 1950.
Oratorio di San Prospero e Santa Caterina Churches
A marble medallion fished out of the sea in 1932, set into the front of a 1420 oratory.
Teatro Sociale Museums
Built by sixty shipowning families, reopened in 2016 after six years of works.
Monastero di San Prospero Churches
Opened for worship on 2 July 1883, the Olivetan monastery sits above Camogli on the old via Romana.
Santissima Annunziata (Ruta, Camogli) Churches
A seventeenth-century oratory on the Ruta pass, 269 metres up, beside the church of San Michele.
Museo della pesca Museums
A converted fishing warehouse at Punta Chiappa, telling the story of Camogli's tonnarella.