Noli

For six centuries, from 1192 to 1797, this small Riviera town was the capital of its own maritime republic, allied with Genoa and sending ships to the First Crusade. Noli lies in a bay closed by Bergeggi island and its own cape, its old centre still walled and once bristling with over seventy towers. Above it, the round keep of Castello di Monte Ursino looks down on the sea.

Highlights

• San Paragorio, the 11th-century Romanesque church where Noli's independence was signed
• Castello di Monte Ursino, with its 16th-century round keep
• San Pietro dei Pescatori, built with fishermen's holiday tithes
• The Torre and Porta Papone, from the 13th and 14th centuries
• Nemo's Garden, an underwater garden off the coast

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.