The bell tower of the pieve of Ceula, at the beginning of the ninth century, did not only call people to mass: it served as a watchtower against the raids of the Saracen marauders who came in from the sea. The pieve is today's parish church of San Siro at Montale.
Levanto had a river port on the Cantarana, from which the Via dei Monti set off for Pontremoli and the Lunigiana: pilgrims and merchants. And it had salt pans: the salt left the Borgo along the road that carries its name. The name Levanto appears for the first time in a diploma of Frederick Barbarossa of 1164, confirming the fief to the Malaspina. There are 5,509 residents.
eremo di Sant'Antonio del Mesco · mura di Levanto · chiesa di Sant'Andrea Apostolo and 1 more
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📅 Every year, on 30 November
On 30 November Levanto celebrates Saint Andrew the Apostle in its 13th-century church, a notable example of Ligurian Gothic with a façade of alternating white marble and serpentine bands.
eremo di Sant'Antonio del Mesco Gothic ruins 311 metres above the sea, between Levanto and Monterosso, left in 1610. 
mura di Levanto A 1265 circuit of some 500 metres, from the clock tower to the porta del Fossato 
chiesa di Sant'Andrea Apostolo Five naves, marble banding and a crucifix that arrived from the sea: the parish church of Levanto. 
castello di Levanto Ghibelline and Guelph merlons on one wall; a fort documented here since 1165. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Levanto, but an easy day trip away.
