The production area of the taggiasca olive

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The production area

The production area of the taggiasca goes from the valley of Albenga (province of Savona) until Monaco, extending in the inland until to approximately 700 meters of altitude.

In the marginal zones often it is mixed with others cultivar, while in the whole province of Imperia becomes de facto a monoculture.

There isn't a Commune with a prevalence of olive cultivation, but some areas, thanks to the microclimate and to the geomorphological characteristics, allow a production of quality above the average, moreover already elevated.

The Communes of the taggiasca are, by geographic order of the valleys from East toward West:

province of Savona:
1. Arroscia valley:
  Arnasco, Castelbianco, Cisano on the Neva, Onzo, Ortovero, Vendone, Zuccarello
2. Lerrone valley:
  Casanova Lerrone, Garlenda, Villanova d' Albenga
3. Varatella valley:
  Andora, Stellanello, Testico
province of Imperia - Communità Montana High Valle Arroscia:
1. Arroscia valley:
  Aquila d'Arroscia, Armo, Borghetto d'Arroscia, Cosio d'Arroscia, Mendatica, Montegrosso Pian Latte, Pieve di Teco, Pornassio, Ranzo, Rezzo and Vessalico
2. Dianesi valleys:
  Cervo, Diano Arentino, Diano Castello, Diano Marina, Diano San Pietro, San Bartolomeo al Mare
3. Impero valley:
  Aurigo, Borgomaro, Caravonica, Cesio, Chiusanico, Chiusavecchia, Imperia, Lucinasco, Pontedassio
4. Prino valley- slopes of the mount Faudo:
  Cipressa, Civezza, Costarainera, Dolcedo, Pietrabruna, Prelà, San Lorenzo al Mare, Vasia
5. Argentina - Armea valleys:
  Badalucco, Baiardo, Carpasio, Castellaro, Ceriana, Molini di Triora, Montalto Ligure, Ospedaletti, Pompeiana, Riva Ligure, Sanremo, Santo Stefano al Mare, Taggia, Terzorio, Triora
6. Crosia valley:
  Bordighera, Perinaldo, Saint Biagio della Cima, Seborga, Vallebona, Vallecrosia
7. Nervia valley:
  Apricale, Campososso, Castelvittorio, Dolceacqua, Isolabona, Pigna, Rocchetta Nervina
8. Roja valley:
  Airole, Olivetta San Michele, Ventimiglia.

The area is comprised in the territory of these "Comunità Montane":

Comunità Montana		Head office
	Ingauna	Albenga via Mazzini 28 tel. 0182-53457
	Alta Valle Arroscia	Pieve di Teco via San Giovanni Battista 1 tel. 0183-36278S
	dell'Olivo	Imperia viale Matteotti 56 tel. 0183-272981
	Argentina - Armea	Arma di Taggia via San Francesco 203 tel. 0184-43392
	Intemelia	Vallecrosia via Col. Aprosio 257 tel. 0184-291313

In coastal belt of the far west the cultivation of the olive tree has been replaced with that one, apparently more profitable, of the flowers, causing the "vetrification" of entire hills with easily imaginable result on the hydrogeological order of the valleys and the coast towns.

The things that render the taggiasca unique in the world are mainly:
- the land
- the water
- the climate

The perfect combination of these three elements has made possible that our product assumed such characteristics to be always imitated but never equaled.

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