Patron saint festival
Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel
📅 Every year, on 29 September
On 29 September Celle Ligure celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; in August the village also hosts the International Independent Film Festival.
Celle appears for the first time in 1014, in a document of emperor Henry II the Saint concerning the donation of the estate called Cellae to Lombard, Piedmontese and Ligurian lords. The Aleramici had already built a monastery there dedicated to Saint Benignus, perhaps even earlier.
On 6 February 1186 the lords of Celle signed a peace treaty with the comune of Savona, and with them the representatives of Varazze, Albisola, Sassello and Ponzone swore too: the same towns we find together in the centuries that follow. The fief belonged to the marquises of Ponzone, descendants of Aleramo, and Genoa and Savona long contended for it. There are 5,353 residents.
The Celle Ligure guide
What to see 2
Casa fortezza di Roglio · Fortilizio Villa Cassisi
What to eat here 1
Pesto alla Genovese
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Events & festivals 1
Festivals, food fairs and events throughout the year.
Getting there
Nearest airport: Genova, 25 km away
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Near Celle Ligure
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Celle Ligure, but an easy day trip away.
tomba del Tuffatore 📍 Capaccio Paestum · 14 km The only Greek painting of the classical age to survive: a man diving into space. Paestum 📍 Capaccio Paestum · 16 km Three names and a single ending: the Greek city that the water slowly ate. Temples of Paestum 📍 Capaccio Paestum · 19 km Three Doric temples standing since the sixth century BCE, and the Tomb of the Diver. Museo archeologico nazionale di Paestum 📍 Capaccio Paestum · 16 km The temples' museum, with the Tomb of the Diver and the metopes of Hera's sanctuary. Tempio di Nettuno 📍 Capaccio Paestum · 16 km The almost complete Doric temple, whose only wrong part is Neptune's name. Tempio di Atena 📍 Capaccio Paestum · 16 km Paestum's most refined temple, used as a church in the middle ages.