Ceva

Ceva
Comune
Città di Ceva
Location of Ceva
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	12073
Dialing code	0174
Patron saint	Madonna del Rosario, Santa Lucia[3]
Website	Official website

Ceva, the ancient Ceba, is a small

on a wedge of land between that river and the Cevetta stream.

History

In the pre-Roman period the territory around Ceva was inhabited by the branch of the mountain Ligures known as Epanterii.

The upper Val Tanaro was

(Albenga).

In the Middle Ages it was the seat of a small marquisate, which lasted until the late 15th century when it was acquired by Savoy. Ceva was home to a fortress defending the confines of Piedmont towards Liguria, but the fortifications on the rock above the town were demolished in 1800 by the French, to whom it had been ceded in 1796.^[5]

Ceva was heavily damaged by a flood of the Tanaro, Cevetta and Bovina rivers.

Main sights

The 16th century castle of the

stands in an area of green parkland between the Tanaro and the Cevetta and comprises two small palaces: the original, red palazzina rossa and the later, white palazzina bianca. Remains of the 16th century fort are also present.

The Duomo of Ceva, also known as the Collegiata dell'Assunzione della Beata Vergine Maria, was completed in 1605.

Twin towns — sister cities

Ceva is

with:

• Le Val, France (1992)

See also

• Marquisate of Ceva
• Ceva Grimaldi family
• Aloysius Bertrand

Notes

External links

• Media related to Ceva (Italy) at Wikimedia Commons
• Pliny on the cheese of Ceba in Book 11 of the Natural History:
  • at Perseus (in English)
  • at LacusCurtius (Search for ‘Cebanum’) (in Latin)