The Fort of the Madonna degli Angeli was built in 1800 on the hills behind Savona at about 232 meters above sea level. This fortress is part of the defensive system of the coast of Savona and Vado Ligure which also apparently includes the Madonna del Monte fortress and the innermost fortress Ciuto. It remained active from 1881 until the Second World War.

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The Fort Madonna degli Angeli is a nineteenth-century fortress located on a hill 232 m above sea level just behind the center of Savona.

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