Meridiana

After his mother died in 1978 at the age of 92, Calvino sold Villa Meridiana, the family home in San Remo.

As a result of his refusal to be a conscript, his parents were held hostage by the Nazis for an extended period at the Villa Meridiana.

The family divided their time between the Villa Meridiana, an experimental floriculture station which also served as their home, and Mario's ancestral land at San Giovanni Battista.

There is a bronze line, la Meridiana on the floor, running precisely N/S.