Taggia

Taggia is a scattered Italian municipality of 13,899 inhabitants in the province of Imperia in Liguria. Fourth municipality in the province through populace, it consists of, further to the homonymous middle, the hamlet of Arma di Taggia which, further to having about twice the number of inhabitants, is likewise the municipal seat. Its conurbated vicinity, prolonged to the neighboring municipalities of Badalucco, Riva Ligure and Castellaro, reaches a populace of 25,000 and is the 4^th maximum populous of the Imperia area and the 15^th inside the area.

According to nearby assets the primitive human settlements have to be sought already within the pre Roman era, in which historians do not exclude a probable area of worship dedicated to the Ligurian god Belleno inside the area called Capo Don inside the municipality of Riva Ligure. The most historical testimony of the vicinity dates again to the 10^th and 7^th centuries BC, way to the discovery of ancient cinerary tombs at the overhanging Monte Grange, wherein a Ligurian fortress become located which also served as a business emporium, open to imports from everywhere in the Mediterranean.