Pieve di Teco

Founded in 1233 by the Marquis Antonio di Clavesana, who drew communities from across the Arroscia valley into a new town with its own castle and church, Pieve di Teco sits on a short stretch of flat valley floor where three narrow valleys open out. Under Genoa it was the seat of a captaincy guarding the frontier with Piedmont, and its walls and castle were rebuilt after invasion after invasion.

Highlights

• The oratory of San Giovanni Battista, the church of the town founded in 1233
• The collegiate church of San Giovanni Battista, built around 1460
• Madonna della Ripa, the first parish church, built by Benedictines in 1370
• The ring of peaks around the valley, topped by Rocca delle Penne (1,501 m)

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