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Memory and tradition, told by those who live here.

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Stella sul Mare

Why the house is called this: my mother's name, a bakery in Oneglia, and a couple of little crackers nobody ever asked for.

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The feast of San Giovanni in Oneglia

On June 24th Oneglia celebrates its patron saint: a procession, the Ineja Food stalls, and fireworks over the sea at night. For those who grew up here, it was the day school ended and summer began.

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The Unfinished Road, Finished: the seafront path Imperia waited decades for

It's been called the Unfinished Road forever, because that's exactly what it was. For a few days now, around Capo Berta, you can walk or cycle from Imperia to Diano Marina without a single break. Here's what it is and why it's a quiet celebration around here.

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Imperia, green and family-friendly

Since I had a daughter I look at Imperia differently: where I park the stroller, where I charge the car, where Emma can run without me getting anxious. Spoiler: things have changed a lot in the last few years.

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The taggiasca olive, the Ponente's green gold

A thousand years of history in one green stream: the taggiasca olive, the monks' terraces, Imperia's DOP. And why, here, good oil is bought by the tin.

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Oneglia and Porto Maurizio, a rivalry

Imperia hasn't always existed: it was born in 1923 by merging Oneglia and Porto Maurizio, split by the Impero stream. A century later the rivalry is still alive, and I'll tell you about it as a man from Oneglia who spent half his childhood in Porto.

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De Amicis, born in Oneglia

Edmondo De Amicis, the man behind Cuore, was born in Oneglia on 21 October 1846. The square that bears his name, the house that became a barracks, and a plaque on the harbour: the story of a son of Oneglia the world knows, and that home struggles to claim.

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Pigato and Vermentino, the whites of the Ponente

What Pigato and Vermentino are, why they're the whites of this coast, what to drink them with, the affinity with Imperia's focaccia. And the cellars where to buy them, with Laura Aschero above all.