Balestrino
Balestrino ( or ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona. As of 31 December 2011, it had a population of 607 and an area of .
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Balestrino
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Balestrino
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Balestrino-panorama borgo vecchio.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- View of the old town
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Balestrino-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.image_map
- Map of comune of Balestrino (province of Savona, region Liguria, Italy).svg
- Italian comune.map_caption
- Balestrino within the Province of Savona
- Italian comune.region
- Liguria
- Italian comune.province
- Savona (SV)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Bergalla, Borgo, Cuneo, Poggio
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 11.3
- Italian comune.population_total
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Balestrino ( or ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona. As of 31 December 2011, it had a population of 607 and an area of .
==History== Balestrino is composed by the old historic town, upon a hill, and the new town below it. Abandoned in 1953 for hydrogeological instability, the old centre is a ghost town whereas the modern center is still inhabited today.