1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
VENTIMIGLIA (Fr. Vintimille, anc. Album Intimilium or Albintimilium) , a frontier fortress, seaport and episcopal see of Liguria, Italy, in the province of Porto Maurizio, 94 m. W. by S. of Genoa by rail, and 4 m. from the Franco-Italian frontier, 45 ft. above sea-level. Pop. (1901) 3452 (town); 11,468 (commune). The present Gothic cathedral' is built on the ruins of an earlier Lombard church, and this again on a Roman building, possibly a temple. The ruins of the ancient town are situated in the plain of Nervia, 3…
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- Vol. 27, pp. 1012-1012