Sassello

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Sassello
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Sassello
Sassello (Liguria)
Coordinates: 44°29′N8°29′E / 44.483°N 8.483°E / 44.483; 8.483
Country Italy
Region Liguria
Province Savona (SV)
Frazioni Badani, Maddalena, Pratovallarino, Palo, Alberola, Pianpaludo
Government
 • MayorDaniele Buschiazzo
Area
[1]
 • Total100.45 km2 (38.78 sq mi)
Elevation
405 m (1,329 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2015) [2]
 • Total1,777
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Demonym Sassellesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
17046
Dialing code 019
Website Official website

Sassello (Ligurian : Sascello; locally Sascê) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 58 kilometres (36 mi) west of Genoa and about 26 kilometres (16 mi) north of Savona in the northern side of the Ligurian Apennines. It is the birthplace of Blessed Chiara Badano.

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Part of Sassello's territory lies within the boundaries of the Parco naturale regionale del Beigua. [3]

History

Little is known of pre-historic and even medieval events before 1000 AD, although the area has certainly been visited - if not inhabited - by stone age humans, as evidenced by tools and weapons found locally. [4] Livy [5] reports the presence of the Statielli, a Ligurian tribe, not far from Sassello in present-day Acqui Terme. Sassello is first mentioned in 967 AD in an Imperial bull which attached it to the Marquesate of Aleram. [6] [7] Later on, it belonged to Bonifacio del Vasto, the Del Carretto, Ponzone and Genoese Doria families. [6] Due to its strategical position, it was long contended between the Republic of Genoa and the Marquisate of Montferrat. [6] Genoa acquired it from the Doria family in 1612, whereas in 1672 and 1747 it was occupied - and burnt down - by the Duchy of Savoy. [7] It reintegrated the Republic of Genoa until its annexation to the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1815. [6] After that date, Sassello followed the destiny of Piedmont to become part of the new Italian kingdom in 1861.

From 1570 to 1670 it was the seat of large ironworks [7] which only the widespread use of coal made obsolete.

Culture

The ironworks period represented a golden age for Sassello, whose population rose perhaps to 5,000 people. [7] The urban character of the settlement allowed for the development of a learned élite and a small vernacular literature. A song, still popular today, was composed during the 1747 war as a reaction to the Austro-Piedmontese occupation, carried out by a horde of Croatian mercenaries. [6] It goes: [8]

(vernacular)

A ṙa Badia an tei palâzzi

l'è rivâ na nija d'Chervâzzi

da ṙa Rocca dra Maṙâsca

a n'è vgnuggua sta burrâsca.

(EN)

In the Abbey and the abodes

Of Croatians there were loads

Down from the Marasca wall

This disgrace would befall

(Popular song of Sassello, ca. 1748)

Also in vernacular, Abbot Gio Lorenzo Federico Gavotti composed Ei quattei stagiugni sascline ("The four seasons of Sassello"). [9] "Sassello" is another much longer poem that Gavotti composed together with his friend B. Zunini. It revolves around the local costumes during the first decades of the 1800s. It was written in standard Italian with only a few verses in vernacular. [9] Jacopo Perrando (1853-1917), author of a fairy tale "Scisciacco" is also worth mentioning. [6]

Economy

After the collapse of the ironworks and the annexation to the Kingdom of Sardinia, an impoverished population drew its subsistence from agriculture and forestry. Strong ties with Genoa meant the penetration of a dense trading network. With the rise of the Genoese bourgeoisie, Sassello became a tourist destination, as rich summer dwellings were built. Today, tourism and confectionery industry are its main economic resources. [7] The recent inclusion of part of its territory within the Regional Park of Mount Beigua opens new perspectives in this sense.

Twin towns

Sassello is twinned with:

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References

  1. ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ↑ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  3. ↑ "Comuni del Parco". www.parcobeigua.it. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  4. ↑ Quaderni dell'Istituto di geologia della Università di Genova (in Italian). L'Istituto. 1980.
  5. ↑ Liv. 42, 8
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rossi, Piero (1991). Sassello, storia e cultura. Associazione amici del Sassello.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Garino, Mario (1964). Storia di Sassello (in Italian). Casa editrice liguria.
  8. ↑ Toso, Fiorenzo (2009). La letteratura ligure in genovese e nei dialetti locali (in Italian). Le mani. ISBN   9788880125235.
  9. 1 2 Alessandra Badano, "Il poema Sassello di GLF Gavotti, B. Zunini e G. Gavotti", Graduation Thesis, University of Genova, 1992
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