Camporosso

Camporosso is a common of the Province of Imperia in the area Ligurie in Italy.

Geography

The common one belongs to the Community of Intemelia mountain. It east finds with approximately 50km Imperia.

The city received in 2006 the Blue Pavillon of Europe for the quality of its beaches.

History

The Camporosso toponym derives from Latin Campus Rubeus having milked with the pink solid masses of bay-trees along banks of Nervia. The origin of the name can also have a relationship with the slightly red color of the ground.

Roman period a funerary stele and vestiges of the aqueduct remain today which fed Albintimilium, current the Vintimille, of water of the Seborrino torrent.

The history of Comporosso follows practically that of Vintimille although its territory is at the border of Dolceacqua pertaining to the génoise family of the Doria and enemies of the counts of Vintimille. The proximity of Vintimille involved frequent bloody battles followed by military occupations of each of the two camps. Camporosso exists, as an autonomous commune, starting from September 15th, 1025.

In 1686, thanks to the Republic of Genoa, Camporosso is detached from Vintimille by forming “Magnifica Comunità degli Otto Luoghi” (the Splendid Community of the Eight Cities) including/understanding Bordighera, Borghetto Santo Spirito, San Biagio della Cima, Sasso, Soldano, Vallebona and Vallecrosia.

With the fall of the Republic of Genoa, following the French invasion of the troops of Napoleon Bonaparte (1797), the eight communes become independent and belong delle to the “Giurisdizione Palme” (jurisdiction of the Palms) with Sanremo like capital. They will belong then to the Royaume of Sardinia and, of course, in 1861, to the Royaume of Italy.

During the 19th century, the olives and the olive oil are the source of the incomes of many families and contribute to the prosperity of Camporosso.

Inheritance

Churches and vaults

Parish church of San Marco Evangelista. It was built at the 15th century and was increased at the 18th century. Inside, one finds works like me retable of San Marco Evangelista of the painter Stefano Adrechi, regarded as one of works of most significant Ligurie of first half of the 16th century.
Church of San Pietro which goes back to the 11th century. It is in the cemetery of Camporosso and joins together frescos of 15th at the 17th century.
Vault of Bianchi of the 16th century.
Vault of Neri of the 17th century.

Nature

animalist Park of Nervia

Culture

Events

Excursion VTT in the mountain (Raduno delle Mountain Bike), in May.
" Oleandro" Price of poetry in dialectal Ligurian and photography, before last Sunday of June.
a fair last Saturday of July
Aiga of has Roca, a pedestrian race

Festivals

Festival of San Sebastiano, owner of the commune, on January 23rd.
Festival of the Saint Father, second Sunday of September. It is a festival in the honor of Giovanni Croese, very loved inhabitants who raised a statue in his honor to him, in 1937. Under his name of religion, Brother Francesco Maria, it was canonized in 1962 by the pope Jean XXIII. Its native house was preserved with a small furnace bridge and a museum.
Festival of the Worship third Sunday of September at the same time as the Sagra dei Barbagiuai .

Economy

The saving in Camporosso rests primarily on the agricultural activity.

Gastronomy

I Barbagiuai : ravioli fried with, inside zucchinis with cheese and aromatic herbs), ripieni di zucca profumati idiot formaggio brusso ED erbe aromatiche.
I Hamper : small pies with hazel nuts.

Transportation transport and routes

Roads and highways

Camporosso is crossed by the road 64 which connects Vallecrosia to Castel Vittorio. There are no highways which reach directly the commune. This is why tolls of Bordighera, in north, and of Vintimille, in the south, on a10 highway are the exits advised to reach Camporosso.

Administration

Hamlets

Balloi - Brunetti - Ciaixe - Trinità

Communes bordering

Dolceacqua, San Biagio della Cima, Vallecrosia, Ventimiglia di Sicilia

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