Loano
Loano is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona.
Loano borders the following municipalities: Bardineto, Boissano, Borghetto Santo Spirito, and Pietra Ligure.History
Loano has pre-Roman origins, during the Roman era the villas was builed in this territory; a Roman mosaic of the imperial age is visible on the main floor of Palazzo Doria.
In the 8th century, thanks to a Carolingian donation, the territory called Lovenis was donated to the Benedictine monastery of San Pietro in Varatella who founded the church-sanctuary of Nostra Signora di Loreto near the port.
