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Two San Remos-The Pinecone-Earthquakes-Matuta-Sold to the Genoese-Church of S. Syro-Domestic architecture unchanging-Narrow streets-Leprosy-San Romolo-Lampedusa-River names-Taggia-Doctor Antonio-Home of Ruffini-The Bresca family-Raising of the obelisk in the piazza of S. Peter-Palms-How bleached-The date-palm.
THERE are two San Remos, that of to-day, with its pretentious villas rivalling each other in ugliness, and the old San Remo. The former is clean with open spaces, a broad main street, and is dotted about with palms and agaves in sub-tropical gardens. The old San Remo is a network, a labyrinth of narrow, tortuous lanes. This old portion goes by the name of _la Pigna_, the Pinecone, because of the manner in which the ancient houses are grouped, pressed together one on another, rising towards a culminating conical point.