On the morning of 24 April 1945 an ambulance left Savignone with general Günther Meinhold inside, commander of the German forces around Genoa: the headquarters of the northern command was quartered in the villas of the village, and from here the general was taken, hidden, to villa Migone in Genoa to sign the surrender.
Long before that, in 725, the Lombard king Liutprand is said to have stopped here while carrying the remains of Saint Augustine from Cagliari to Pavia: the monastery of San Salvatore, now a private house, is traced back to that halt. The village had grown on the flat ground left by a landslide off monte Pianetto, and between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries it lived on its spa and on Genoese holidaymakers. The population is 3,226.
Monastero di San Salvatore · Palazzo Fieschi · castello di Savignone
Pesto alla Genovese
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Next up: Saint Augustine and the stop of the Lombard king Liutprand, Saturday 28 August
Nearest airport: Genova, 20 km away
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📅 Every year, on 28 August
Savignone celebrates Saint Augustine on 28 August; according to legend, the town was founded in 725 by the Lombard king Liutprand, who stopped there while carrying the saint's remains from Cagliari to Pavia.
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Outside Savignone, but an easy day trip away.
