In the main street there are some fair specimens of Renaissance palaces, somewhat in the style of those of Genoa.
FIG. 274. DOORWAY IN TAGGIA.
From the railway station of Arma di Taggia, some miles east of San Remo, an expedition may be made about five miles up the valley to the exquisitely quaint old town of Taggia. It concentrates in itself all the various remarkable features of the towns of the Riviera in its arcaded streets and vaulted footpaths, narrow lanes crossed with arches, and approached by steep stairs and dark tunnels; and these features are here all combined in so profuse and picturesque a manner as to present an epitome of those of all the rest. In the midst of these striking general
FIG. 275. CLOISTERS, ST CRISTOFERO, TAGGIA.