Along the seaside with Moses: A day in Celle Ligure
When spring arrives, will inevitably want to jump in the places where the Sun is at home, where even the weakest rays resemble those of April-July, as amplified by the bright colors of the houses overlooking the sea.
We are in the province of Savona, and if the capital is known as the "City of the Popes", thanks to two Popes Savona, Pope Sixtus IV and his nephew Julius II, we find that in reality Sixtus IV was born in 1414 in a hamlet of Celle Ligure called Pecorile. This is where the Pope is called the Sistine Chapel, it was during the pontificate of Julius II was painted by Michelangelo.
The scent of the sea with us during a visit to the most important religious monument of Celle, the Church of St. Michael the Archangel. In fact, the sacred front of the church consists of a mosaic of over half a million blacks and whites of sea pebbles, collected since 1894 by Don Delfino Augustine and his pupils, on the shoreline between Camogli and Albisola. The rocks thus collected were transported to cells with fishing boats fishing. Inside the church there are precious works of art, including the altarpiece "St. Michael and Saints" painted in 1535 by Perino del Vaga, a pupil of Raphael. Legend has it that the work would be an ex-voto dedicated to Saint Michael the painter to have found salvation on Celle Ligure beach after a shipwreck. The historical facts refer, however, that the work had been commissioned from the artist cellaschi fishermen.
Celle Ligure is cited in the cards for the first time in 1014, and in the twelfth century its territory passed to the Marquis of Ponzone. And it was Pietro Ivaldi, called the Silent Tolet, as a native of the hamlet of Ponzone Tolet, the home of the thread between the hills of Monferrato kissed Acqui, to make the famous series of paintings depicting scenes from the life of Christ to ' interior of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel of Celle.
During our stay we visited several of the many other beautiful churches, including the Oratory of St. Michael and St. George's Church in the village Sanda.
And it is precisely the fraction Sanda leaving one of the most exciting tourist itineraries of Celle, the botanical trail, leading to the site of the historic Tower Bregalla, called the Tower of Cardemei.
Returning to the center, just steps from the Church of St. Michael the Archangel, meet none other than Moses, a statue of the biblical character, set within a lovely garden, remember the happiness of Cellesi when, in 1909, the spring water Nascio reached the town.
Not only that Moses is also the name of one of the oldest traditional restaurants Celles, Via Colla, exactly where we decide to cap off the day with a delicious dinner typically Ligurian. "Moses is the nickname of the ancient family and was given to John Rebagliati Rebagliati at the end of the nineteenth century, great-great grandfather of my father, because during the cool autumn evenings, while working in the mill, John used the Bible to read, talked about the excitement when "Saved from the Waters," recounts Richard Rebagliati, who now runs the restaurant along with Ms. Franca's mother. "The restaurant is housed in the chapel and the cellars of the eighteenth century Palazzo Avogadro," reveals Mrs. Franca while we sit at the tables of the welcoming room decorated with class. We start with the appetizers to the cart, and continue with one of the flagships of the restaurant, risotto with red radicchio from Treviso, served with lobster tail shell, seasoned with rosemary and garlic dress. We taste the rice "A7 Milan - Genoa." As its name hints at, this risotto, made with saffron, shrimp, shelled shrimp, zucchini and their flowers, and the Lombard combines the flavors of Liguria. Some of us do not stand up to the Cellasca trofiette pesto with potatoes and green beans, while the rest of the group chooses Moses spaghetti with garlic, anchovies in Bagna Cauda, ??tomato paste and minced black olives. We follow these delicious fried mixed by the first of "our sea", the favorite of mother Franca. We enjoy an excellent sautéed sea bass fillet, seasoned with garlic and rosemary dress, topped with a dash of balsamic vinegar "Toro Don Albal arrope" and served with boiled potatoes and cherry tomatoes. We support you all with some excellent white wines such as Pigato the Ligurian Riviera.
The sweet end of this beautiful day on the Riviera sees us taste the cream Moses, besides the tarte tatin with Calvados watered, mulled wine and Crème, which, as evidenced by an old recipe book that shows us Mrs. Franca, milk should be called wine. However, these are certainly among those many good reasons that we will soon return to Celle Ligure.
Frances Bertha
FOR INFORMATION:
www.comunecelle.it
www.ristorantemose.it
Via Colla, 30 Celle Ligure (SV)
019/991560