Finalborgo

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

Alessandro VecchiFinaleLigure veduta CC BY-SA 3.0
Martin MystèreCastel San Giovanni (Finale Ligure)Public domain
Al*from*LigFinalborgo, Palazzo Ricci CC BY-SA 4.0
Al*from*LigFinalborgo, biblioteca comunale CC BY-SA 4.0
Davide PapaliniFinalborgo-chiesa san Biagio1 CC BY-SA 3.0
.mau. (Wikimedia Commons user)Finalborgo-santacaterina CC BY-SA 3.0
.mau. (Wikimedia Commons user)Finalborgo1 CC BY-SA 3.0
.mau. (Wikimedia Commons user)Finalborgo2 CC BY-SA 3.0
.mau. (Wikimedia Commons user)Finalborgo4 CC BY-SA 3.0
Al*from*LigFinale Ligure Biblioteca CC BY-SA 4.0
SuperchilumPalazzo Finalborgo CC BY-SA 3.0

For centuries the capital of the Marquisate of Finale under the Del Carretto family, Finalborgo was built inland where the Aquila and Pora streams meet, their beds forming a natural moat below its walls. Now part of Finale Ligure, the walled town keeps its palaces, the octagonal bell tower of San Biagio and the Santa Caterina convent, with two castles watching from the hill above.

Highlights

Basilica of San Biagio, with an octagonal bell tower on an older defensive tower (IT)
Santa Caterina convent, with two Renaissance cloisters and the civic museum
Castel San Giovanni, a 17th-century Spanish fort on the hill above town
Palazzo del Tribunale, the old seat of the Del Carretto government
Teatro Aycardi, opened in 1804 in a former oratory

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Finalborgo), Wikivoyage (Finalborgo). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Things to see

San Giuseppe Calasanzio (IT)

Events through the year

Feast of Saint John the Baptist Religious · 24 JuneFeast of the patron of Finale Ligure
Viaggio nel Medioevo Historical · Last week of AugustRe-enactment of the Del Carretto marquisate retaking the walls from Genoa

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Finale Ligure, Finalborgo). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.