Oneglia - quarter in the Ligurian town of Empire, until 1923, the former independent municipality. In the 8th century, after the departure of the Lombards, Oneglia was the Papal States, but was soon destroyed by Muslim pirates that raged in those years in the Ligurian Sea. Later, the city was rebuilt under the name Ripa Uneliae and became the property of the bishops of Albenga. In 1298, the year Oneglia and Porto Maurizio nearby were bought noble Genoese Doria family name, which ruled here until the 16th century. It is in Oneglia in 1466, the year was born the famous military leader Andrea Doria.

In 1576, the year Oneglia and Porto Maurizio of Savoy became part of the empire - but then began a period of development of the city as a major port. On tidbit glances and the Genoese, which fought in the Second savoytsy Genoese-Savoyard war of the 17th century, and Napoleon during his invasion of Italy. In 1814, the year Oneglia was the capital of the province, and in 1861 became part of the united Italy.

In contrast to the neighboring Porto Maurizio, which is located on a promontory, Oneglia stretches on an alluvial plain at the mouth of the River Impero .  Residential areas occupied by the surrounding hills and the historic district facing the Ligurian Sea .  Among the local attractions stands out the church of San Giovanni Battista in the heart of Oneglia, built in the late baroque style in 1762, the year Piazza Ulisse Calvi with great palace of the 18th century, which is now the school is located, and Villa Grock, the real name of which - Villa Bianca .  The latter stands on a hill in the area of ​​residential development .  Once it belonged to the Swiss clown Grock, after whom he came to be known .  Onel main square - Piazza Dante - framed by a continuous series of porticoes of a neo-classical .  Part of the portico has a typical Piedmontese features, others are built in typical Ligurian style .  Piazza Dante is the famous cafe «Caffe Pasticceria Piccardo» with hundred years of history - it is mentioned in all the guidebooks to the Empire as a favorite vacation spot of the last bohemian audience .