Orco Feglino is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Savona

Province of Savona

The Province of Savona is a province in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Savona.-Overview:...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Liguria

Liguria

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, located about 50 km southwest of Genoa

Genoa

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 and about 30 km southwest of Savona

Savona

Savona is a seaport and comune in the northern Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea....

 in the upper valley of the Aquila stream. It consists of the two villages of Orco and Feglino.

Orco Feglino borders the following municipalities: Calice Ligure

Calice Ligure

Calice Ligure is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 60 km southwest of Genoa and about 20 km southwest of Savona. As of 31 December, 2004, it had a population of 1,496 and an area of 19.4 km²...

, Finale Ligure

Finale Ligure

Finale Ligure is a comune on the Gulf of Genoa in the Province of Savona in Liguria, Italy. It is considered part of the Italian Riviera.-Geography:...

, Mallare

Mallare

Mallare is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 50 km southwest of Genoa and about 15 km west of Savona...

, Quiliano

Quiliano

Quiliano is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 45 km southwest of Genoa and about 5 km west of Savona...

 and Vezzi Portio

Vezzi Portio

Vezzi Portio is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 50 km southwest of Genoa and about 13 km southwest of Savona. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 729 and an area of 9.7 km².Vezzi Portio borders the following municipalities:...

.

History

The two burghs were part of the Marca Aleramica in the 10th, and in 1091 they became possession of Boniface del Vasto

Boniface del Vasto

Boniface del Vasto was the margrave of Western Liguria from 1084 to 1125, the son and successor of Otto. He was of the Aleramici family, which also furnished the margraves of Montferrat...

 and, from 1142, of the Del Carretto family, who built a castle in Orco.

In the 16th century it was acquired by Spain

Spain

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, to which it belonged until 1713, when it passed under the Republic of Genoa

Republic of Genoa

The Most Serene Republic of Genoa |Ligurian]]: Repúbrica de Zêna) was an independent state from 1005 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast, as well as Corsica from 1347 to 1768, and numerous other territories throughout the Mediterranean....

. Later it was part of the Kingdoms of Sardinia

Kingdom of Sardinia

The Kingdom of Sardinia consisted of the island of Sardinia first as a part of the Crown of Aragon and subsequently the Spanish Empire , and second as a part of the composite state of the House of Savoy . Its capital was originally Cagliari, in the south of the island, and later Turin, on the...

 and Italy.

Main sights

• Remains of the castle of Orco
• Church of San Lorenzino (12th-14th centuries), with frescoes from the 15th and 16th centuries. The bell tower, with two orders of mullioned windows, is from the 14th century.
• Baroque church of San Lorenzo, in the frazione of Feglino.