Bordighera
From WOI Encyclopedia Italia
img_coa_small = yes city = Comune di Bordighera region = Liguria province = Imperia (IM) altitude = 5 area_cityproper = 10 population_as_of = december 31, 2004 populationdensity = 10,647 populationdensitymetric = 1,014 timezone = CET, UTC+1 frazioni = Borghetto San Nicolò, Sasso telephone = 0184 postalcode = 18012 gentilic = Bordigotti saint = Sant'Ampelio day = May 14 mayor = Giovanni Bosio (since may 28, 2002) website = www.bordighera.it
Bordighera is a town on the in the Province of Imperia, Liguria (Italy).
History
The city was founded around the 4th century BCE by the Ligures. Historically, it has been a favorite winter resort, especially for visitors and retirees from England, and is renowned for its beautiful coast scenery. Its flowers and palms have been well known, with the flowers having been exported and the palms used on Palm Sunday at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and other churches. A museum, contains a unique collection of the flora of the Riviera.
From 1682 until the Napoleonic period, Bordighera was the capital of a small republic of the villages of the neighboring valleys.
Culture
The Scottish writer George MacDonald lived and worked for parts of the year in Bordhigera. His house was an important cultural centre for the British colony. He is buried at the churchyard of the former Anglican church.
