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BORDIGHERA

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 246 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BORDIGHERA , a See also:

town of See also:Liguria, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Porto Maurizio, 91 m. S.W. of See also:Genoa by See also:rail, and 3 M. E.N.E. of See also:Ventimiglia. Pop. (1901) 4673. It is a favourite See also:winter resort, especially for visitors from See also:England, and is situated in beautiful See also:coast scenery. It has See also:fine gardens, and its See also:flowers and palms are especially famous: the former are largely exported, while the latter serve for the See also:supply of See also:palm branches for St See also:Peter's at See also:Rome and other churches on Palm See also:Sunday. The new museum contains a unique collection of the See also:flora of the See also:Riviera. From 1682 until the See also:Napoleonic See also:period, Bordighera was the See also:capital of a small See also:republic of the villages of the neighbouring valleys.

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