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Practical Information
Road Map B5. * 40,400.
n Porto Maurizio, Viale Matteotti
37, 0183 660 140. _ Infiorata
del Corpus Domini, Raduno
Internazionale di Vele d’Epoca,
a gathering of historic boats
(Sep, even years only).
∑ visitrivieradeifiore.it
Transport
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for transportation. The main
section, complete with audio-
visual aids, is dedicated to
Piazza Dante, at the heart of Oneglia explaining the production of
olive oil: on display are all sorts
P Piazza Dante the Museo dell’Olivo was of mills, presses, machines for
At the end of Via Bonfante is the opened by the Fratelli Carli, filtering oil, and containers for
central Piazza Dante. This is the owners of just one of the many storing and for transporting it.
real heart of Oneglia, also known local producers of olive oil that The visit concludes with
locally as the “Piazza della compete for market share in a visit to an oil mill that is still
Fontana” (square of the fountain). the region. being used by the Fratelli
A busy crossroads, the One part of the museum Carli company.
piazza is surrounded by neo- traces the history of olive
medieval palazzi. Among the cultivation, starting with the
most interesting of these is Roman period, when the oil
the ex-Palazzo Comunale, at was used more for medical
no. 4, built in the 1890s in an and cosmetic purposes than
eclectic mix of styles. as a food; small bottles, used
to store oil as perfume or
E Museo dell’Olivo medicine, are on display. There
Via Garessio 11. Tel 0183 295 762. is also a reconstruction of the
Open 9am–12:30pm, 3–6pm Mon– hold of a Roman ship, which
Sat. & 7 ∑ museodellolivo.com shows how amphorae full of Reconstruction of the hold in a Roman ship
Housed in an old olive oil mill, olive oil were stacked ready with its cargo of oil

Oneglia Town Centre Museo
dell’Olivo
1 The Port V. GARESSIO
2 Calata Giovan Battista Cuneo Imperia Oneglia
Train Station
3 Collegiata di San
VIA
Giovanni Battista VIA G. BERIO VIA DON ABBO BRESCA
4 Chiesa di San Biagio VIA VIVAL D I VI A N IC O LÒ BER I O
5 Via Bonfante PIAZZA VI A I N G E G N E R G I A C O M O A G N E S I
PIAZZA ROSSINI
6 Piazza Dante PORTO DANTE
7 Museo dell’Olivo MAURIZIO VIA BONFANTE
VIA A L FIE R I Collegiata di San PIAZZA Chiesa di
San Biagio
VIA D E S ONNA Z Giovanni Battista V. PALESTRO PIAZZA
CALVI VIA AMENDOLA
VIA DES GENEYS VI A DOR IA BIXIO
C AL ATA G. B . C U NEO
VIA C. DE MAGNY Battista Cuneo Port
V. SCHIVA
Calata Giovan
Impero
0 metres 300 B A N C H I NA G. SC H I A V ON
Porto di
0 yards 300 Levante
O R M EGGI M O LO
LU NGO
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