Comune Di Bergeggi (Municipality of Bergeggi)

Bergeggi is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) southwest of Genoa and about 10 kilometres (6 mi) southwest of Savona. Built on the heights overlooking the sea of Mount Sant'Elena, Bergeggi is today a renowned seaside resort with houses with terraced roofs among chestnut trees, vines and olive trees, with narrow streets that descend to the beach. On the tip of Capo Maiolo stand the ruins of the Torre d'Ere from the 10th century, built to defend against Saracen raids.

The parish church of San Martino, an eighteenth-century reconstruction of a previous building, preserves inside a sixteenth-century altarpiece of the Tuscan school and a polychrome wooden crucifix by Maragliano. But the history of Bergeggi is more properly identified with that of its rocky islet full of vegetation located in front of the coast. Between the 4th and 6th centuries it became a refuge for early monasticism and preserves the remains of two churches and a medieval tower.