Altro b el paesino della riviera ligure di ponente è Deer , in the province of Imperia, about halfway between Varazze and Ventimiglia, on a hill sloping down to the sea. Hill overlooking the Castle of Clavesana, which now houses the Ethnographic Museum of Western Liguria, and the parish church of San Giovanni Battista. Tradition has it that the latter, which is one of the most important examples of Baroque architecture in Liguria, was built, designed by architect Gio Batta Marvaldi of Candeasco (Imperia), with the wealth derived from fishing and trade of coral ( earning the nickname "Church of Corallini). The village, well preserved, seems to literally hang the rock in the background of the sea, weave terraces, arches, stairs and rooftops and alleyways, white medieval houses (arranged in rows, two or three floors, with still visible - on the ground floor - the arches of the arcades) and palaces Baroque, creating incomparable views that make the delight of painters and photographers. Ancient land, whose origin probably dates back to the Paleolithic era, is characterized by a wall, built by its inhabitants during the Roman period and which remains the stronghold with towers, situated on a rocky outcrop overlooking the sea near in defense of the raids of the Saracens. Already in 789 a rest stop, with the passing of years, and in relation to this function, the core town experienced its greatest splendor and its most important urban development. In the year one thousand became a fief of the Marquises of Clavesana in 1200 swore allegiance to the Republic of Genoa to the events which followed until 1797, the year of the proclamation of the Ligurian Republic. The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist was begun in 1686 and completed in 1734, other church worth visiting is the church of San Nicola, octagonal, which was the first parish dedicated to the cult of St. George of Cappadocia, which were devoted sailors Cervia. It was probably built on the ruins of a pagan temple round, it was rebuilt several times over the centuries, was abandoned in mid-century. XV and was even cemetery until in 1600 it was entrusted to the Augustinian friars. The Castle of Cervo example of a fortified church, was built by the Knights of Jerusalem during the Crusades of the first and used for a long time in hospital.
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