page_title: Sasso di Bordighera
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Sasso di Bordighera / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Sasso di Bordighera (IM, Italy): parish church vault, attributed to Maurizio Carrega Italiano: Sasso di Bordighera (IM): la volta della parrocchiale, attribuita a Maurizio Carrega
context_page_description: Sasso di Bordighera is a frazione of the municipality of Bordighera, in Liguria, northern Italy.
context_section_description: Sasso di Bordighera was founded, following a local tradition, by the inhabitants of the neighbouring city of Taggia. The village is located on a rocky summit and its oldest part is made of tower-shaped houses. On the 21st of April 1686, the representants of eight villages, Camporosso, Vallebona, Vallecrosia, San Biagio della Cima, Sasso, Soldano, Borghetto San Nicolò and Bordighera had a meeting in order to build what they called "Magnifica Comunità degli Otto Luoghi", which can be translated as: "The magnificent community of the eight villages". Their goal was to gain independence from the nearby rival city of Ventimiglia. At the beginning of the 20th century Sasso was linked to the coast with a new road which, starting from Bordighera, continues up to Seborga.
  Sasso di Bordighera was a separate comune (municipality) until 1928 when, with Borghetto San Nicolò (which also was an autonomous municipality) was joined with Bordighera.
caption: Parish church vault
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