Bordighera

Bordighera, a winter resort in the Riviera, North Italy, on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean, 7 miles WSW. of San Remo by rail. It was founded in 1470, but its modern progress dates from the opening of the Cornice road in 1823, and of railway communication. The place, which is noted for its palm gardens, suffered severely from earthquake in February 1887. Resident population, 2556. See Hamilton's Bordighera, translated from the French by Dowson (1883).