The wealth of Albenga does not lie only in its historic center, the city has 6 hamlets that feed the historical, cultural and gastronomic heritage of the city. Bastia , Campochiesa , Leca , Lusignano , Salea and San Fedele are presented below.

Bastia

693 inhabitants about 5 km from the center of ingauno, located where the waters of the Arroscia stream join those of the Neva, originating the river Centa.

To visit:

  • Parish church of the Santissima Annunziata
  • Oratory of the Holy Cross, located near the parish church and seat of the Confraternity of Santa Croce
  • Church of Santo Stefano di Massaro last testimony of a settlement preceding the bastida
  • The Chapel of the Madonna del Carmine called "dei Pizzi" founded by Stefano Pizzo in 1641
  • Chapel of San Bernardo, an ancient chapel located in the oldest part of the town
  • Bastia Castle

Parties:

  • Feast of the Santissima Annunziata, on 25 March.
  • Feast of the Madonna del Carmine, on July 16.
  • Feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, on 20 August.
  • Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, on September 15th.
  • "Sagra du burgu" (Village festival), in the last weekend of August on the occasion of the feast of San Bernardo, with food and wine tastings of the products of the hamlet and the ingauno territory.

Campochiesa

697 inhabitants and is about 4 km from the town of ingauno in a strip of plain between the river Centa and the hills. The context in which the center stands is of slight undulation of land and woods, the inhabited center has a central road which, following it for a few minutes, leads to the locality of Mortéo where there are some ruins and a church with fifteenth-century frescoes. In the fields of Campochiesa the production of wines is active, such as the pigato and the rossese. At the cemetery of the hamlet there is the Church of San Giorgio or de Campora, of medieval origin and in Romanesque-Gothic style, which preserves cycles of 15th century frescoes. Its construction is attributed to the Knights Templar, as a contribution to the importance that Albenga had for the conquest of Jerusalem during the crusades.

To visit:

  • Church of San Giorgio di Campochiesa in the locality of the same name.
  • Parish church of Saints Fabiano and Sebastiano in the historic center of Campochiesa.
  • Oratory of the Nativity of San Giovanni il Battista in the historic center of Campochiesa
  • Chapel of San Sebastiano in the locality of Morteo in Campochiesa.

Parties:

  • Patronal feast of Saints Fabiano and Sebastian, January 20
  • Feast of San Giorgio coopatrono on 23 April
  • Feast of the Chapel of Morteo on the first Sunday of June
  • Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
  • Festival of "4 di Albenga" first weekend of July
  • Chestnuts and Rossese, first Sunday of October in the historic center.

Leca

Suburb of about 3000 inhabitants about 4 km from the capital of Ingauno. The name derives from Leuca, short for Leucanthemum , the name of a spontaneous daisy that grew in the area. It is currently an important agricultural center and the building development of recent years has meant that Leca became the immediate outskirts of the historic center of Albenga.

To visit:

  • Parish Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, dating back to 1790, which features paintings of a certain value.
  • Oratory of San Pietro, seat of the Confraternity of San Pietro, adjacent to the parish of Our Lady of the Assumption. Inside, the processional crucifixes, sacred furnishings and paintings are preserved.
  • Church of Santa Maria del Bossero

Parties:

  • Patronal feast of Saints Peter and Paul, on 29 June
  • Feast of St. John the Baptist, on June 24th
  • Feast of Our Lady of the Assumption, on August 15th
  • Grandma's Pudding Festival, weekend before August 15th

Lusignano

About 1,000 inhabitants about 4 km from the inhabited center, in a strip of plain narrow between the Centa river and the offshoots of the steep hills that delimit the plain to the south. The town is crossed by a stream called Rio Carpaneto. The inhabited area develops along the hilly ridge with a rather articulated layout, probable evidence of an older origin than the other villas on the plain. During the excavations for the construction of a new residential complex, in the region of Rusineo, the ruins of a Roman villa of considerable size emerged, which indicate a presence in the area certainly from the Roman era. During the First World War it made its great contribution to the victory of Italy, and during the second it was a country whose hills gave refuge to the partisans, who according to legends and findings deposited many of their armament in the abundant caves.

To visit:

  • - the church of Santa Margherita d'Antiochia.
  • Villa of the bishop of Albenga Pier Francesco Costa
  • Villa Prospera
  • The Perseghini furnace

Parties:

  • Santa Margherita: is the patron saint of the town, and is celebrated on 20 July
  • San Bartolomeo: it is the feast of the brotherhood of the town, it is celebrated on August 24th

Salea

About 600 inhabitants located about 6 km from the town of Ingauno in a strip of plain that goes towards the hills. It borders with the other Albenganian hamlets of Campochiesa and Leca, and with the municipality of Cisano sul Neva. Salea hosts the "Sagralea" event, a review of pigato wine, a fair of producers, especially wine producers, which is held at the end of the summer period and has been a driving force for the sector since its inception.

To visit:

  • Parish Church of Saints James the Greater and Philip. On 11 April 1515 she received the authorization to erect the baptistery with a concession from the vicar general who obliged her to carry out the usual reconnaissance of the cathedral of Albenga. It was rebuilt for the first time and by enlarging it in 1622, also building a bell tower, the first mass was celebrated there only in 1636.

Parties:

  • Patronal feast of San Giacomo Maggiore, the last Sunday of July
  • Feast of Saints Cosma and Damiano, the last Sunday of September
  • Sagralea, review of pigato wine

San Fedele

About 1,000 inhabitants, bordering the hamlet of Lusignano and located about 2 km from the capital of Ingauno. It houses Casa Calvi where a fresco by Albenga is represented which, even if not representative of reality, made it possible to evaluate the physical geography of the city in the fifteenth century.

To visit:

  • Parish church of Santi Simone e Giuda, the first of which dates back to the 13th century.
  • Oratory of San Giovanni Battista from 1574, seat of the homonymous brotherhood, with frescoes representing the Passion of Christ painted in the 16th century by a Piedmontese painter.

Parties:

  • Patronal feast of Saints Simon and Judas Taddeo, on October 28th.
  • Feast of the Confraternity of San Giovanni Battista on the Sunday after June 24th
  • Feast of San Fedele on the Sunday after April 24th
  • Madonna del Carmine festival second Sunday in July