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Albenga is a city situated on the Gulf of Genoa on the Italian Riviera in the province of Province of Savona in Liguria, Italy at 44°03′N 8°13′E. The city is of Celtic origins, the chief town of the Ligures, and flourished as the municipium of Albingaunum under the Roman Empire, owing to its position that offered access from the coast to the interior, and the Via Julia Augusta, the Roman coast road, opened in 13 BCE. A measure of the agricultural prosperity of the region is that Proculus of Albingaunum (executed ca. 281 CE), was able to assemble and arm 2000 of his own slaves from his latifundia to oppose the Emperor Probus during the Crisis of the third century. From the mid-5th century Albenga was the seat of a bishopric. Its early Christian baptistery, perhaps dating to the 5th century, is now ten feet below modern street level. Alluvial deposits washed down by the torrential Centa have gradually buried the southern section of Roman Albingaunum and its port. Albenga has a well-preserved historic center, retaining the Roman plan of its grid planning and surrounded by its ancient walls. It still retains four of its medieval tower houses and other houses built to the Roman plan round a courtyard. Albenga's fortunes declined with the rise of Genoa, but it is again prospering as a center for tourism and agriculture. The municipal district of Albenga is in the region/district of Liguria and it's in the province of Savona. the postcode is 17031 and the code number is +39 0182. Inhabitants are 22.386 and the surface is about 36 km2, with a density of population about 613 people for km2. Distance: from Rome 421 km, from Florence 245 km and from Venice 359 km.
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