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Moneglia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria , located about 50 km southeast of Genoa. It is a tourist resort on the Riviera di Levante.

Main sights

• Church of San Giorgio, built in 1396 by Benedictine monks, who were replaced by Franciscan in 1494. The interior houses a wooden sculpture by Anton Maria Maragliano, a canvas of St. George Killing the Dragon attributed to Pieter Paul Rubens, a Madonna with Saints by Carlo Dolci and an Adoration of the Magi by Luca Cambiaso. It has also a notble cloister.
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Moneglia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria , located about 50 km southeast of Genoa. It is a tourist resort on the Riviera di Levante.

Main sights

• Church of San Giorgio, built in 1396 by Benedictine monks, who were replaced by Franciscan in 1494. The interior houses a wooden sculpture by Anton Maria Maragliano, a canvas of St. George Killing the Dragon attributed to Pieter Paul Rubens, a Madonna with Saints by Carlo Dolci and an Adoration of the Magi by Luca Cambiaso. It has also a notble cloister.
• Church of Santa Croce, built, according to some sources, in 1130, but probably pre-existing. The modern church, in Baroque style, dates to 1725, and houses a statue of Madonna by Maragliano and a Byzantine Crucifix.
• Oratory of the Disciplinanti, known from the 10th century. It houses frescoes of stories of the Madonna and Jesus.
• Villafranca Tower, built by the Republic of Genoa around 1130, but later remaed during the struggle between the Genoese and the Malaspina family.
• Monleone Fortress, constructed in 1173 by the Geonese. In 1174 it was besieged by Count Obizzo Malaspina. It houses now an Art Noveau-style residence, dating to the early 20th century.