a maritime town of the kingdom of Sardinia, capital of a province of the same name, in the division of Genoa, situated on the Gulf of Rapallo, at the mouth of the Sturia, 28 miles E.S.E. of Genoa. Pop. 11,000. The town is well built and flourishing, is surrounded by cultivated hills, and in the vicinity there are many handsome villas. It has many fine edifices, hospital, public library, manufactures of lace and silk twist, and an anchovy fishery. In the neighbourhood there are marble and slate quarries.