Forte Sperone on the hills of Genoa.
Last spring I went, together with some friends, for a walk on the hills of Genoa.
We wanted to go (and we went) to see Forte Diamante.
However, we left the car at the foot of another beautiful fort: Forte Sperone.
Very imposing, it dominates all of Genoa!
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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.
Where is the fort located:
Forte Sperone is a fortified work included in the “Mura Nuove” to defend the city, built on the top of Mount Peralto (489 m), at the meeting point of the two branches of the defensive wall. The union of the two walls, the one on the side of Val Polcevera and the one on the side of Val Bisagno, gives rise to a particular angular bastion, whose shape resembles the prow of a ship, from which the name of the fort derives.
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