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Typical of western Liguria, in particular in the area of Albenga it is absolutely rare. Supplements provided by Eugenio Bolia Ligurian family of Provençal origin, it results to derive from the variations suffered by Boglio, an ancient viscontile lineage of Nice who enjoyed the Lordship of the homonymous feud. A branch of the family subsequently found itself in Carrara, where it was inscribed among the noble families, as appears from the almanacs of Corte Estiensi and the Golden Books of the city. It then split into two branches, the first of which passed into Florence. In the seventeenth century the Bolia Family is present in the western Liguria, in the hinterland of Albenga, where it was particularly flourishing in Bosco di Casanova Lerrone with Lazzaro, considered the forefather of the "Ingauno" branch. Further information sent by Mr. Eugenio Bolia: Ancient Ligurian family whose surname derives from the toponym Castrum Boliacum, later Italianized in Boglio. Located in the Maritime Alps, Castrum Boliacum was occupied by the Romans and the Ligurians who inhabited it were deported in large numbers; this place became since then a strategic position for the passage of the Roman armies on the road that from the Roman city of Cemenelum, above Nice, led through the Alps to the Gallia Cisalpina and to the transalpine regions. In the Middle Ages the Barony of Boglio, composed of numerous lands (Boglio, Robbione, Toetto, Tornaforte ...), belonged to the illustrious Casata (de) Boglio, whose founder was Rostagno, viscount of Nice. In the seventeenth century the Bolia Family is present in Bosco di Casanova (from 8 April 1863 Casanova Lerrone), in the hinterland of Albenga, where it was particularly flourishing with G. Battista (born in 1661), considered the forefather of the ingauno branch, ie of the strain settled in the Riviera di Ponente ..
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