At Loano the Doria minted their own coin. The fief was theirs from 1505, and Giovanni Andrea Doria set out to make it an imperial city: he rebuilt the hospital, the printing house, the pawn bank, the aqueduct and the mint, and put up the palazzo and the church of Sant'Agostino.
The lordship lasted 232 years, until 1737. Older still is the oratory of San Giovanni Battista, from 1262, among the oldest in Italy, which keeps a portion of the Baptist's ashes. In 1795 the three-day battle of Loano was fought here, and won by the French. There are 11,563 residents.
chiesa di San Giovanni Battista · convento di Monte Carmelo · chiesa di Sant'Agostino e Santa Rita and 3 more
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Next up: Feast of Saint John the Baptist, Thursday 24 June
Nearest airport: Genova, 56 km away
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📅 Every year, on 24 June
On 24 June Loano celebrates Saint John the Baptist: the oratory of the White Capes, a confraternity founded in 1269, keeps an urn with a portion of his ashes.
chiesa di San Giovanni Battista A twelve-sided plan and a 50-metre dome, rebuilt after the 1887 earthquake. 
convento di Monte Carmelo Founded by the Doria in 1602 above Loano: church, cloister and the Carmelites' medicinal gardens. 
chiesa di Sant'Agostino e Santa Rita A plaque above the door names the Doria couple who paid for the church, 1588 to 1598 
castello dei Doria A bishops' stronghold turned Doria residence, today it looks more like a villa than a fort. 
Fontana Giovanna Carved between 1685 and 1687 for the garden of Palazzo Doria, it now stands on Piazza Italia. 
Palazzo del Comandante Built in 1606 as the Commissioner's palace, later home to the Savoy garrison commander. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Loano, but an easy day trip away.
