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Comune in Liguria, Italy

Altare Comune Comune di Altare Saint Eugene Church Coat of arms Altare Location of Altare in Italy Show map of Italy Altare Altare (Liguria) Show map of Liguria Coordinates: 44°20′10.32″N 08°21′38.4″E / 44.3362000°N 8.360667°E / 44.3362000; 8.360667 Country Italy Region Liguria Province Province of Savona (SV) Government • Mayor Giuseppe Flavio Genta Area [1] • Total 11.7 km2 (4.5 sq mi) Elevation 398 m (1,306 ft) Population (2011)[2] • Total 2,162 • Density 185/km2 (479/sq mi) Demonym Altaresi Time zone UTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST) Postal code 17041 Dialing code +39 019 Patron saint S.Rocco Saint day 16 August Website Official website

**Altare** ([Ligurian](/source/Ligurian_language): *Artâ*, [Piedmontese](/source/Piedmontese_language): *Latè*, L’Atæ in local dialect) is a *[comune](/source/Comune)* (municipality) in the [Province of Savona](/source/Province_of_Savona) in the [Italian](/source/Italy) region [Liguria](/source/Liguria), located about 45 km (28 mi) west of [Genoa](/source/Genoa) and about 11 km (6.8 mi) northwest of [Savona](/source/Savona). As of 1 January 2009, it had a population of 2,160[3] and an area of 11.7 km2 (4.5 sq mi).[4]

Altare borders the following municipalities: [Cairo Montenotte](/source/Cairo_Montenotte), [Carcare](/source/Carcare), [Mallare](/source/Mallare), [Quiliano](/source/Quiliano), and [Savona](/source/Savona).

## Geography

Altare is just west of the [Cadibona pass](/source/Colle_di_Cadibona), which at 459 m (1,506 ft)[5] divides the [Ligurian Alps](/source/Ligurian_Alps) from the Ligurian [Apennines](/source/Apennines). Also called pass of Altare, it is accessed from the coast by the *Via Nazionale Piemonte*, winding up from [Savona](/source/Savona) and crossing into Piedmont towards the north Italian plain.

## History

Altare was home to an ancient [glassmaking](/source/Glassmaking) tradition, dating back to the Middle Ages. The origin of Altare glassworks is still unknown. Oral tradition has it that the art was spread from Northern France by Benedictine monks.[6] Samuel Kurinsky posits that the original glassmakers were [Sephardic](/source/Sephardic) Jews, based on the secretive character of their techniques and the distinct identity of the glassmakers as opposed to the rest of the population. If that is the case, they were completely assimilated, except for their traditional self-distinction. [7]

Altarist glassmakers were organized in [guilds](/source/Guilds), not unlike other medieval craftsmen. The glassmakers guild in Altare was founded in 1856 as Società artistico-vetraria d'Altare.[8] The guild, known as the University, maintained a strict control over the glassmakers' techniques.[9][10]

## Altaresi in Europe

Unlike the Venetians though, Altare was a net exporter of know-how throughout its history, as the local [guild](/source/Guild) was never able to prevent the migration of its people to other places. Sometimes it even encouraged it. The importance of Altare revolves around this difference. For example, it appears that Giobatta Da Costa's invention of [flint glass](/source/Flint_glass) took place in [London](/source/London), while he worked for the [Ravenscroft](/source/George_Ravenscroft) manufactory in 1674.[11] It is reported that the first glassmaker of Pisa, around 1592, was from Altare.[12] Altarist glassmakers operated in France, at Orléans and Nevers and one of them, Bernard Perrot went on to become master of the [Royal Glassworks](/source/Saint-Gobain#1665–1789:_Manufacture_royale) in [Orléans](/source/Orl%C3%A9ans), after patenting many innovative techniques.[13][14]

## Altaresi in South America

There was a migration of Altarese glass-makers to South America, primarily Argentina.[15][16] A group of glassmakers left Altare in 1947 to establish themselves in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. There they started an industry of glass-making that remains active. They brought with them the European style glass blowing tradition, yet eventually they developed a cross-cultural style combining the European and Argentinean esthetics.[17]

## Museum of Glass

The Museum of Glass in Villa Rosa at Altare preserves many pieces of industrial and art glass produced in the region. The museum is housed in an [Art Nouveau](/source/Art_Nouveau) building that is a culturally protected edifice. [7]

## See also

- [Monte Baraccone](/source/Monte_Baraccone)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v20_1-0)** ["Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011"](https://www.istat.it/it/archivio/156224). Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v20_2-0)** ["Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018"](http://demo.istat.it/pop2018/index3.html). Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-istat_3-0)** ["Demography in Figures"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170622080908/http://www.demo.istat.it/index_e.html). Istituto nazionale di statistica (ISTAT). Archived from [the original](http://demo.istat.it/index_e.html) on 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2010-03-06. August 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["City of Altare"](http://en.comuni-italiani.it/009/005/). comuni-italiani.it.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** The altitude is embossed on the plaque that marks the summit of the pass.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Mallarini, Anselmo *L'arte vetraria altarese*, Bacchetta, 1995

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Kurinsky_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Kurinsky_7-1) Kurinsky, Samuel. ["The Glassmakers of Altare"](http://www.hebrewhistory.info/factpapers/fp025_altare.htm). Hebrew History Federation (HHF). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100410010434/http://www.hebrewhistory.info/factpapers/fp025_altare.htm) from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-laveleye_8-0)** Laveleye, Emile de (1886). *Letters from Italy*. London: T. Fisher Unwin. p. 113.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Gasparetto, A (1958). *Il vetro di Murano dalle Origini*. Venezia.{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Badano Brondi, Maria (2003). [*Il centro vetrario di Altare*](https://www.academia.edu/35951748). Altare: Istituto per lo studio del vetro e dell'arte vetraria.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Thorpe, W.A: A history of English and Irish glass, London, 1929

1. **[^](#cite_ref-page_12-0)** Page, Jutta-Annette; Doménech, Ignasi (2004). *Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750*. New York: Corning Museum of Glass. p. 19. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0872901572](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0872901572).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Bondois P.M., *Les Verreries nivernaise et orléanaise au xvii siècle. Jean Castellan et Bernard Perrot*, Paris, 1932

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Barrelet J., *La verrerie en France de l'époque Gallo-Romaine à nos jours*, Paris, 1953

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Saroldi, Alberto (2010). "I vetrai di Altare in Argentina. Un'avventura lungo un millenario". *I vetrai di Altare in Argentina*. Genova: De Ferrari. pp. 17–74.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Saroldi, Alberto (2012). "I vetrai di Altare nella Provincia di Santa Fe, Argentina". *Contribuciones Científicas GÆA*. **24**: 71–86.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** Saroldi, Alberto; Vallebona, Luigi (2014). ["Un incontro fra culture nella pampa Gringa"](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=9LWz1hEAAAAJ&citation_for_view=9LWz1hEAAAAJ:9yKSN-GCB0IC). *Anales de GÆA Sociedad Argentina de Estudios Geográficos*. **23**: 151–183. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0374-0323](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0374-0323). Retrieved 15 May 2023.

## Further reading

- [The Glass Museum of Altare](http://www.museodelvetro.org/?lang=en)

- [An introduction to the history of Altare](http://vetroadaltare.blogspot.it/2018/02/the-masters-of-altare-in-history-of.html)

- Chirico, Mariateresa. Il Museo Dell'arte Vetraria Altarese. Albenga, Litografia Bacchetta. 2009

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