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This article is about the Italian city. For the small town of Savona, Canada, please see Savona, British Columbia, or the village in the USA, see Savona, New York.
Comune di Savona
Municipal coat of arms
Location of Savona in Italy
Country
Italy
Region
Liguria
Province
Savona (SV)
Mayor
Federico Berruti
Elevation
4 m (13 ft)[1]
Area
65.55 km2 (25 sq mi)
Population (as of 2007-08-31)
- Total
62,067[2]
- Density
947/km² (2,453/sq mi)
Time zone
CET, UTC+1
Coordinates
44°18203N, 8°29203E
Gentilic
Savonesi
Dialing code
019
Postal code
17100
Frazioni
Lavagnola, Légino, Zinola, Santuario
Patron
N.S. della Misericordia (Our Lady of Mercy)
- Day
18 March
Website: www.comune.savona.it
Savona (Sàn-na in the local dialect of Ligurian) is a seaport and comune in the northern Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea.
View of Savona.
Savona used to be one of the chief seats of the Italian iron industry, having iron-works and foundries, shipbuilding, railway workshops, engineering shops, brass foundry.
One of the most celebrated former inhabitants of Savona was the navigator Christopher Columbus, who farmed land in the area while chronicling his journeys. 'Columbus's house', a cottage situated in the Savona hills, lay between vegetable crops and fruit trees. It is just one of many residences in Liguria associated with Columbus.
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