Once Italian now French

Name: Saorge
Item: Saorge
Author: KarlH

Saorge is a village in the Alpes-Maritimes, in the southeastern France. Highway E74 which runs north from Menton, passes through Saorge on its way to the Col de Tende (Colle di Tenda) where it crosses into Italy. The region belonged to the old County of Nice. From 1388 to 1860 Saorge was part of Sardinia-Piedmont when it was ceded to France. In June 1793 the armies of the First French Republic and Sardinia clashed here. In the Battle of Saorgio on 24–28 April 1794, the French wrested the town from the Piedmontese. The town was returned to Sardinia-Piedmont after the overthrow of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Saorge is an old village on the upper Val Roya, built on the stone layer, which the shape reminds an amphitheatre.

The really special atmosphere is created by little and fresh streets, by many churches, by the Franciscan Monastery. This village, protected by three castles in the past, had the reputation of being impregnable.

The medieval village recalls the typical landscape of the Ligurian valleys, which offers the possibility to have a walk in the nature and into the story of the country.

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