Perinaldo

{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Perinaldo

| official_name = Comune di Perinaldo

| native_name = Pȓeiñaudu/Preinoud

| image_skyline = Le village de Perinaldo en automne.jpg

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| image_caption = The village of Perinaldo in Autumn.

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| coordinates = {{coord|43|51|N|7|40|E|type:city(867)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}

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| region = Liguria

| province = Imperia (IM)

| frazioni = Negi, Suseneo

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| mayor = Patrizia Guglielmi

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| area_total_km2 = 21.0

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 918

| population_as_of = 31 December 2007

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| population_demonym = Perinaldesi

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| elevation_m = 572

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| postal_code = 18032

| area_code = 0184

| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.perinaldo.im.it/}}

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Perinaldo ({{langx|lij|Pȓeiñaudu, Preinoud}}{{cite book|title=Dizionario Genovese-Italiano e Italiano-Genovese|place=Genova|last=Frisoni|first=Gaetano|authorlink=:it:Gaetano Frisoni|year=1910–2002|publisher=Nuova Editrice Genovese|language=it}}) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region of Liguria, located about {{convert|120|km|mi}} southwest of Genoa and about {{convert|30|km|mi}} west of Imperia.

It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").{{cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/liguria/|title=Liguria|access-date=31 July 2023|language=it}} It is the birthplace of the 17th-century Italian naturalised French astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini.

Main sights

  • Parish church of San Nicola da Bari, built in 1489. It houses a 15th-century wooden crucifix.
  • Church of Sant'Antonio abate (1590–1600)
  • Sanctuary of the Visitation (17th century)
  • Astronomical observatory

Twin towns

References

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