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Brief history of LeiviThe first clues about the village of Leivi date back 1143, as they were mentioned in an ancient document regarding this area.
Since the medieval times the favourable hillside position offered many home sights and farming opportunities and made the population gradually increase all over Leivi area. Most of the lands in Leivi, at that time, belonged to the Church and to religious orders based in Milan, Genoa, Borzone and San Fruttuoso, which were happy to have their property well looked after.
During the following centuries Leivi area has always been under the independent government and administration of Chiavari, which belonged to the Republic of Genova and which always defended its territory from the Fieschi’s attacks. That’s why it was never subdued by the Fieschi’s hegemony as most of the Ligurian areas were at those times.
In 1797 Leivi and Chiavari passed under the French domination due to the end of the Repubblic of Genoa and the new political order Napoleon Buonaparte gave to Italy.
In 1805 The republic of Genova re-gained his territories and the Leivi area was named and recognized as Village of San Rufino. In 1814 the Wien Congress re-estabilished the previous European political order and in 1815 the newly formed Kingdom of Sardegna absorbed all the Ligurian territories and properties under its own jurisdiction, as did the new kingdom of Italy in 1861 after the the final unification of Italy and the proclamation of its own parliament.
The present name and juridical order of Leivi was given to this area in 1934, through a royal decree by King Vittorio Emanuele III of Savoia
