Pietra Ligure

Pietra Ligure (A Prïa) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 60 km southwest of Genoa and about 20 km southwest of Savona. It is mainly a touristic city.

Pietra Ligure borders the following municipalities: Bardineto, Boissano, Borgio Verezzi, Giustenice, Loano, and Tovo San Giacomo.

Twin towns — sister cities
Pietra Ligure is twinned with:


 * 🇩🇪 Offenburg, Germany, since 2007

History
Pietra Ligure is named after its castle, Castrum et Oppidum Petrae, il "castello di pietra" (stone castle), built between the 7th and 8th century.