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DISCOVERING NOVI LIGURE AND THE SURROUNDINGS
Historical boundary between Piedmont, Lombardy and the Liguria, the
Novese territory manages to join places where the industry and the work
are predominant to the nature (Novi is the city
of the cookies and of the “torrone”) and places that the aulic Italian
would define “romite”.
The
Padan Plain yields the space here to the Appennines while the Piedmont
gives up to the Liguria, not only in the physical meaning, but also in
the language spoken by the inhabitants. Our percorse goes along the
entire width of the plain, densely cultivated, that from
Alessandria comes
down, leaving on the right-hand side the Orba torrent, and reaches
Novi, then continues until arriving to the
industrious cities of Serravalle and of Arquata before entering, through
the Alta Scrivia Valley, the Ligurian Appennines over Genoa.
In
these zones, the diggings of Libarna
should not be forgotten: they remind us our history and the lifestyle
practiced, centuries ago, by our ancestors here. In the south of the
cities of Serravalle and Arquata and on the borderline between Piedmont
and the Liguria, the natural park of
Capanne di Marcarolo is of particular interest and we strongly
recommend to visit it.
 An
itinerary that brings us from the North to the South and that introduces
us to the ancient city of Novi, with its painted
palaces, with its particular architectonic features of Genovese urban
planning and with the taste of the “focaccia”. This territory pushes us
also to lean out more to the west until reaching the
Borbera Valley and grazing Emilia
and the highest reliefs of the province.
- THE CITY OF NOVI LIGURE
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Novi Ligure
