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Ventimiglia Ventimiglia (Fr. Vintimille, anc. Album Intimilium or Albintimilium), a frontier fortress, seaport and Episcopal see of Liguria, Italy, in the province of Imperia, 94 miles W by S of Genoa by rail, and 4 miles from the Franco-Italian frontier, 45 ft. above sea-level. The population is (2001) 25,151(town); 30,025 (commune). Ventimiglia was a municipium with an extensive territory, and of some importance under the Roman Empire, but was plundered by the partisans of Otho in AD 69. Remains of a theatre are visible, and remains of many other buildings have been discovered, among them traces of the ancient city walls, a fine mosaic, found in 1852 but at once destroyed, and a number of tombs to the west of the theatre. The caves of the Balzi Rossi have proved rich in palaeolithic remains of the Quaternary period. Rests of a family of Cro-Magnon men were siscovered, with three skeletons belonging to a man, a woman and a child respectively. Very important architectonically and historically is the ancient Medioeval city centre, perched on a hill overlooking the new town. It boasts a magnificent XI Century cathedral, the splendid XV century Chiesa di San Michele (Saint Michael's Church) and a fine Municipal Library hosting the second highest number of original texts and books written during XVII century in Italy (the biggest collection is in Venice). Not to be forgotten are then the "Giardini Hambury" (Hambury Botanical Gardens) with the splendid Villa Hambury (Hambury Manor) in the middle of them. These botanical gardens are the biggest ones in Italy and among the finest in Europe, boasting a large varieties of tropical and sub-tropical species. The present Romanic cathedral is built on the ruins of an earlier Lombard church, and this again on a Roman building, possibly a temple. The ruins of the ancient town are situated in the plain of Nervia, 3 miles to the East of the modern. The municipal district of Ventimiglia is in the region/district of Liguria and it's in the province of Imperia. the postcode is 18039 and the code number is +39 0184. Inhabitants are 24.594 and the surface is about 54 km2, with a density of population about 455 people for km2. Distance: from Rome 450 km, from Florence 293 km and from Venice 417 km.
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