The Name
The ancient name of Campofreddo derives from the Roman campus, freddo ("cold") from feudo or, according to other sources, from German frei, libero ("free").
Campofreddo took on the name Campo Ligure in 1884.

History
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THE PAINTING BY BERNARDO STROZZI
The Castle stands out in the ancient village of Campo Ligure, it can be seen from the motorway, it has been restored and is used for concerts and cultural events.
The outer wall of the village can be traced back to the twelfth-thirteenth century, while the tower is from more recent times.
The Spinola family made it the sentinel of the village and of the Stura valley; fortified again in 1310, it was abandoned in the eighteenth century.
Entering the old town from the main street, on the left you will see the Oratory of Saints Sebastiano and Rocco, built in 1647 in baroque style. Among the paintings housed here you can admire a Martirio di San Sebastiano by the Domenico Piola School. During the Christmas period the oratory houses an interesting mechanized Nativity scene.
On the square dedicated to the Martyrs of Benedicta, between the main square and the castle, is the Oratory of Nostra Signora dell’Assunta, first documented in 1585.
As the abbot Luciano Rossi wrote in “Incendio in Campo”,“the fire of Campo”, the building was severely damaged when it was set on fire by the Genoese and Corsican troops on the 22nd of June 1600.
The seventeenth-century structure was completely rebuilt in the middle of the eighteenth century when the high altar of San Gaetano and the altar of the Holy Crucifix were inserted: the first has a polychrome wooden group of statues representing San Gaetano che riceve il Bambino dalla Vergine and the seventeenth-century wooden statue of Our Lady of the Assumption by Ursino de Mari; while on the second altar you can see a cross from the Neapolitan school.
On the main square of the old town are the Church of the Natività di Maria Vergine and Palazzo Spinola: the parish church preserves a painting by Bernardo Strozzi, a painter who was probably born in Campo Ligure. Palazzo Spinola, with its elegant façade, was built in the first half of the fourteenth century by the Marquis Spinola and then expanded in 1693.
The medieval bridge, divided into four bays, that crosses the river Stura was built in the ninth century and was subsequently rebuilt due to the frequent floods caused landslides and destruction. The last reconstruction of the bridge dates back to 1841, the current structure has only one original bay and the style is very similar to the primitive one.
Continuing over the bridge to the Town Hall, in the cemetry area, is the former Church of San Michele Arcangelo, it was first documented in 1241. The destiny of the church, built on the banks of the Stura, is related to the river’s many floods, in fact, it had to be rebuilt continuously up until the twentieth century. The first evidence regarding this refers to a flood during the fourteenth century, after which restoration work was not completed until 1450. The last reconstruction is from 1939-41, after flooding in 1935.

Local Products
Campo Ligure is one of the major European centres for the production of filigree. This goldsmith's art consists in a fine processing of precious metal wires to produce objects of light and refined design.
The finest filigree works from all over the world are on show in the museum. In addition, an annual exhibition in September celebrates the tradition and craft of filigree.

Local dishes
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