Centre of the Ingauni of preroman origin. Albenga joined under the roman influence by 180 A.C.. Became municipality during the I century A.C.. and had the maxim flourishing between the II and III century D.C. The old structures of the urban area are unknown, but in the rest of the land between Loano and long way of Aurelia, are shed some funeral monuments (ex ""Pilone""), and the amphiteatre. The Baptistery and the Cathedral are of V century A.D..