Since 1949 Lavagna has been cutting an enormous cake and handing it out to whoever, in the crowd, finds the half that matches their own ticket. It is called the Torta dei Fieschi, and the six medieval quarters parade through the streets.
The Fieschi were at home here: two popes came out of this family, Innocent IV in 1243 and Adrian V in 1276, and their hold on eastern Liguria lasted until Genoa absorbed them. In 1564 the corsair Dragut sacked the district, and after him new fortifications went up, with artillery. There are 12,579 residents.
Casa Carbone · basilica di Santo Stefano · Palazzo Franzoni and 2 more
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📅 Every year, on the second Saturday of July
On the second Saturday of July Lavagna celebrates the Madonna del Carmine, in the sanctuary built by the discalced Carmelites between 1617 and 1631.
Casa Carbone The Carbone siblings' house, given to the FAI in 1987 with everything left where it stood. 
basilica di Santo Stefano The foundation stone was laid in 1650; the collegiate church of Lavagna was consecrated only in 1703. 
Palazzo Franzoni From marquises' home to cholera hospital to hotel: Lavagna's town hall since 1931. 
torre del borgo The 16th-century tower that now holds Lavagna's slate gallery and the Alloiso collection. 
chiesa della Santissima Concezione Cavi's parish church: one nave, four side altars and a Genoese Baroque front on via Romana. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Lavagna, but an easy day trip away.
