In 1385 pope Urban VI owed a debt to Genoa, which had helped to free him from captivity in the Kingdom of Naples. He settled it in land: Pietra, Toirano, Giustenice, Borgio and Verezzi passed to doge Antoniotto Adorno and to the Republic.
Borgio, however, had no defences, and with pirates about that was no small matter: in 1564 the Genoese Senate sent Antonio Rodaro to build a tower there, and it still stands. The two villages, Borgio by the sea and Verezzi on the hill at 250 metres, were joined only in 1933 and remain apart; at Verezzi, in the little square of Sant'Agostino, the yearly festival is held that earned the municipality its nickname, the village of theatre. The population is 2,327.
chiesa di San Pietro · Borgio Verezzi Caves
Pesto alla Genovese
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Next up: Saint Peter, patron of a church built on an anti-pirate fort, Tuesday 29 June
Nearest airport: Genova, 51 km away
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📅 Every year, on 29 June
Borgio Verezzi celebrates Saint Peter the Apostle on 29 June; its church was built in 1789 on the foundations of a 16th-century fort erected against pirate raids, itself built over the remains of the old castle.
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Outside Borgio Verezzi, but an easy day trip away.
