Oneglia

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For a person with the surname Oneglia, see Erasmo Oneglia.
Oneglia
Imperia Oneglia railway station, 2010

Oneglia (Italian: [oˈneʎʎa]; Ligurian: Inêia or Ineja; Occitan: Onelha; French: Oneille) is a former town on the Ligurian coast in northern Italy, in 1923 joined to Porto Maurizio to form the municipality of Imperia. The name is still used for the suburb.[1]

The Imperia Oneglia railway station was closed in 2016, due to the new organization of the city, which provides a new station in the middle core of the city of Imperia, to make the connection between Porto Maurizio and Oneglia easier.

History

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Oneglia became a papal domain in the 8th century after the Lombards transferred control of the town to the pope.[1] Oneglia suffered from a Muslim attack during this time.[1] However, it later recovered as the town of Ripa Uneliae, and was governed by the bishop of Albenga.[1] The Doria Family purchased Oneglia and Porto Maurizio in 1298.[1] The Dorias ruled the town until the 16th century (there were some brief interludes in which the Doria did not rule the town during this time).[1] One of the Dorias, Andrea Doria, was born in Oneglia in 1466.[1]

In 1576, Oneglia became part of the domain of the House of Savoy.[1] The Savoyards attempted to develop Oneglia as a major port[1] and the Savoyards and Genoese struggled for control of Oneglia during the Second Genoese-Savoyard War.[2] Oneglia resisted Napoleon during his invasion of Italy.[1] As a reward, it was made seat of the province in 1814 but in 1860 became part of the province of Porto Maurizio until 1923.[1]

In the early 1930s, the area of the city now hosting the new train station was the heart of Liguria's economy, due to important oil routes crossing it.

Notable residents

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  • Filippo Berio (1828–1894), olive oil connoisseur
  • Luciano Berio (1925–2003), composer[3]
  • Grock (1880–1959), Swiss clown, who built Villa Grock here

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Roy Palmer Domenico, The regions of Italy: a reference guide to history and culture (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002), 165
  2. ^ Edmund Ludlow, The memoirs of Edmund Ludlow, lieutenant-general of the horse in the army of the commonwealth of England, 1625-1672, Volume 2. Editor: Charles Harding Firth (Clarendon Press, 1894), 438n.
  3. ^ "Biography | Centro Studi Luciano Berio - Luciano Berio's Official Website".

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