Cogoleto, told in depth
Long-form pieces from someone who lives here. History, nature, culture, food — everything that doesn't fit on a tourist-info card.
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Columbus and Cogoleto: what the sources actually say
The house on Via Rati, a 1650 inscription, a 1638 Mercator atlas — and why most historians still place Christopher Columbus's birth in Genoa.
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Cogoletese cooking: stuffed sardines, focaccia, and the bakeries that get it right
What people actually eat in Cogoleto, not what the guidebook wants you to believe. Three dishes, four bakeries with a name, and an honest disclaimer about what's truly local and what's generic Ligurian.
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The coastal cycle path on the old railway: 11.87 km from Arenzano to Varazze
Built on the trackbed of the Genoa-Ventimiglia railway abandoned in 1968, it threads through tunnels carved into the cliff and hugs the sea for almost its entire length.
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Stoppani: the history, the legacy, the cleanup that hasn't ended
A chromium plant opened in 1900, shut in 2003, and a €21 million cleanup running 2024-2026. Liguria's most visible contaminated site, told straight.
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Tedua, Izi and the Cogoleto of Wild Bandana
Mario Molinari and Diego Germini grew up here. Together with Vaz Tè, Ill Rave, Sangue and Guesan they built one of the most influential Italian rap collectives of the last decade — starting from a middle-school classroom in the province of Genoa.
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