a small town belonging to the republic of Genoa: here is a porcelain manufacture, and several country-houses of the Genoese nobility. It was bombarded in 1745 by the English. E. Long. 8. 20. N. Lat. 44. 15.

ALPOGALERUS, in Roman antiquity, a white cap worn by the flamem dialir, on the top of which was an ornament of olive branches.