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Caves attesting the presence of human settlements in the area as early as the [[Neolithic]] age have been found. During the [[ancient Rome|Roman times]], the burgh of Finale was known as ''Ad Fines'' ("On the Border"), as it marked the boundary between two of the main [[Ligures|Ligurian]] tribes: the ''Sabatii'' in the east, and the ''[[Intemelii]]'' in the west. |
Caves attesting the presence of human settlements in the area as early as the [[Neolithic]] age have been found. During the [[ancient Rome|Roman times]], the burgh of Finale was known as ''Ad Fines'' ("On the Border"), as it marked the boundary between two of the main [[Ligures|Ligurian]] tribes: the ''Sabatii'' in the east, and the ''[[Intemelii]]'' in the west. |
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In Roman times the area hosted a road and post station named ''Pollupex'' (Pollupice, in Italian) along the [[via Julia Augusta]]; it is supposed that it was situated where nowadays the [[frazione]] of [[Calvisio]] stands. Important was in those times also the port of ''Varicottis'' (Varigotti), now interred, as were the fortifications in Perti (''Castrum Perticae'', active to the Middle Ages), later integrated |
In Roman times the area hosted a road and post station named ''Pollupex'' (Pollupice, in Italian) along the [[via Julia Augusta]]; it is supposed that it was situated where nowadays the [[frazione]] of [[Calvisio]] stands. Important was in those times also the port of ''Varicottis'' (Varigotti), now interred, as were the fortifications in Perti (''Castrum Perticae'', active to the Middle Ages), later integrated in the Byzantine limes against the [[Ostrogoths]] and [[Lombards]]. |
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The first document citing the town is from 967, when it was included in the Marca Aleramica created by [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Otto I]]. Later a possession of [[Bonifacio Del Vasto]], it was inherited by the Del Carretto who made it the base of a powerful Marquisate which they enlarged absorbing the neighbouring fiefs, and which raised the hostility of the [[Republic of Genoa]]. After various disputes, in 1385 the Del Carretto were compelled to cede most of their lands to the Genoese; their rule was however not well accepted, and a true war ensued in 1447–48, which ended with a Genoese victory. |
The first document citing the town is from 967, when it was included in the Marca Aleramica created by [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Otto I]]. Later a possession of [[Bonifacio Del Vasto]], it was inherited by the Del Carretto who made it the base of a powerful Marquisate which they enlarged absorbing the neighbouring fiefs, and which raised the hostility of the [[Republic of Genoa]]. After various disputes, in 1385 the Del Carretto were compelled to cede most of their lands to the Genoese; their rule was however not well accepted, and a true war ensued in 1447–48, which ended with a Genoese victory. |