Set into the outer wall of the church of Santa Croce are some links of a chain. By tradition they are the ones that closed the mouths of Porto Pisano: Genoa gave them to Moneglia in thanks for the galleys it sent to the Meloria in 1284 and to Porto Pisano in 1290.
That same Genoa punished the village in 1477 for a supposed understanding with the Fieschi, with looting and a fine of two thousand scudi. The name, on the other hand, is very old: ad Monilia, on the Tabula Peutingeriana, the copy of a Roman military map. Today the village is one of the most beautiful in Italy, in a bay closed by two headlands. The population is 2,890.
Chiesa di San Giorgio · chiesa di Santa Croce · fortezza di Monleone and 1 more
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📅 Every year, on 14 September
On 14 September Moneglia celebrates the Exaltation of the Holy Cross; the village also holds the Pumpkin Carnival, recognised as an "authentic Ligurian event" by the Liguria Region.
Chiesa di San Giorgio Moneglia's parish church, with the Adoration by Luca Cambiaso, born in the village. 
chiesa di Santa Croce Two rings from the chain of Pisa's harbour, taken at the Meloria in 1284, are set in the façade. 
fortezza di Monleone Besieged in 1174 by 3,000 infantry, it survives as wall fragments and a marquis's 1900s castle. 
fortezza di Villafranca A ruined watchtower above Moneglia that helped fight off corsairs in 1564. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Moneglia, but an easy day trip away.
