Brugnato

Monks of St Columbanus from Bobbio founded a monastery here on the alluvial plain of the Vara, and the village grew up around it, becoming a bishop's see in 1133. The old abbey church survives as a co-cathedral, its two naves divided by massive stone columns, an unusual plan in Liguria, with a 15th-century fresco of Columbanus giving his blessing.

Highlights

• The co-cathedral of Santi Pietro, Lorenzo e Colombano, built over an early Christian cemetery
• A Presentation in the Temple fresco, uncovered during the 1994 restoration
• The Montemarcello-Magra-Vara regional park, part of which lies in the commune (IT)

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