Cairo Montenotte

• Parish Church of Saint Lawrence in the town centre of Cairo Montenotte. It was first mentioned on 4 May 1190. It was expanded after the plague in 1630 and it was fully finished in 1642. In the inside there are some frescos by Paolo Gerolamo Brusco, statues by Antonio Brilla and a crucifix by Anton Maria Maragliano. This church has been declared national monument. Its patron is Our Lady of Sorrows.
• Ex oratory of Saint Sebastian and its Disciplining, near Porta Piemonte, in the town centre of Cario Montenotte. The only remains of the original structure are the left side wall and that of the apse. There officiated the Order of Friars Minor of the convent of San Francesco and it was the home of the Company of Disciplining or Battuti, also called Confraternity of San Sebastiano, obedient to the rule of San Carlo and custodians of various relics including that of San Teodoro.
• Chapel of Saint Rocco outside the walls of the town, it was built for a vow people from Cairo Montenotte made after the plague in 1599. Inside there is an altar dedicated to Saint Roch and San Gaetano.
• Sanctuary of the Madonna delle Grazie, it was built on the ruins of a pagan temple. Its structures hides the ruins of a cell of San Donato of the Benedictine monks already mentioned in 992, that became a parish church in 1014.
• Parish Church of Cristo Re, Immaculate Heart of Mary and Saint Barbara in Bragno, founded in 1934.
• Chapel of Saint Rocco in Carnovale, built in 1648 above the ruins of a sacred building.
• Parish Church of Saint Martino in the hamlet of Carretto.
• Parish Church of Saint Agata in the hamlet of Chiappella.
• Parish Church of Saint Lazzaro in the hamlet of Colombera.
• Abbey of Ferrania and parish church of Saints Saints Peter and Paul (medieval name Ferranica) is one of the oldest settlements in the area. The structure, located in the suburb of San Pietro, has preserved the original layout, transforming into houses those that were the buildings of the convent.
• Chapel of Saint Michele in the hamlet of Ferrere, built in 1694.
• Chapel of Saint Margherita of Fornaci, it is located on the slope above the quarry of Fornaci.
• Parish Church of Santissimo Nome di Maria in the hamlet of Montenotte Inferiore.
• Chapel of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in the hamlet of Monti, built in 1913.
• Parish church of Saint Andrew in the hamlet of Rocchetta Cairo.
• Parish church of Saint Joseph, in the hamlet of San Giuseppe di Cairo. It was rebuilt in 1957 after the previous chapel was demolished to make room for the local railway station.
• Chapel of Saint Anna, in the hamlet of Sant'Anna.
• Ex convent of San Francesco in the hamlet of Ville, built in the thirteenth century at the behest of Ottone Del Carretto. It is the most prestigious monument in Cairo Montenotte.
• Church of Saint Matthew in the hamlet of Ville.
• Chapel of the Magdalene, mentioned in a pastoral report of 1577, rebuilt in 1633.
• Chapel of the Madonna del Bosco, built in 1623.
• Church of Santa Maria del Roccaro, called Our Lady of the Visitation in a pastoral visit of 1644, it has been transformed into civil dwellings.
• Jehovah's Witness Assembly Halls.

Porta Soprana

• Scarampi Palace, dated XVII century. After the abandonment of the Castle of Cairo Montenotte in 1637, it became the headquarters of the various feudal lords of the village. Since 1972 part of the premises are occupied by the civic library F.C. Rossi, dated 1958, and by the Ferrania Film Museum, founded in 2017.
• De Mari Palace, formerly Scarampi Palace and Palace of Durazzo family.
• Villa De Mari, dated XVIII, it was built on a project by Carlo Barabino.
• Ponte romano called "degli Alemanni".
• Porta Soprana, in the southern part of the village. It is dated XIV century, and it is composed by a quadrangular tower with a double ogival brick opening.
• Porta Sottana, in the northern part of the village cairese.

Cairo Montenotte's Castle

• Cairo Montenotte Castle. It was built in the eleventh-twelfth century (there are no reliable sources) and it was under the control of Ottone Del Carretto, and then sold in Genoa. In 1337 it became a fief of the Scarampi family, who lived there until the seventeenth century. In 1625 it was involved in the War of Zuccarello between the Republic of Genoa and the Duke of Savoy, whose troops destroyed it in 1627.
• Castello di Rocchetta Cairo. First mentioned on 5 November 1235, it was sold by the Knights Hospitaller of San Giovanni to Ottone I Del Carretto. It also passed to the Scarampi in 1337 and, later, to the Incisa di Camerana. It suffered serious damage during the Napoleonic battle of Dego (First Battle of Dego, 1794).
• Castello di Carretto. Dated back to the second half of the thirteenth century and partially ruined.[15] It was an important point of sighting and signaling along the "via marenca". From the castle you can see other manors of Del Carretto (Rocchetta, Cairo and Dego).

In the municipal territory of Cairo Montenotte there are two sites of Community Importance, proposed by the Natura 2000 network of Liguria, for its particular natural and geological interest. The first site is shared between the municipalities of Dego and Cairo Montenotte (Rocchetta Cairo), in the alluvial plain of Bormida. Among the flora is reported the presence of Ligurian saffron (Crocus ligusticus), while among the animal species the black-winged stilt, the red-footed falcon, the hen harrier and the northern lapwing.[16]

The second site, also located between Dego and Rocchetta Cairo, in the Nature Reserve of Adelasia, sees the presence of orchids and quercus × crenata; among the animals the crayfish, the beetle and the greater horseshoe bat.[17]

Other natural sites of the territory are the woods of Montenotte, the Cave of the Elms and the wildlife oasis of the Piana di Rocchetta.

In Cairo Montenotte there are several state educational institutions of secondary school:

• Professional Institute of Industry and Craftsmanship "Leonardo Da Vinci";
• Technical and Industrial Institute "Galileo Ferraris";
• Technical and Commercial Institute for Surveyors "Federico Patetta".

The three are part of a single school institution, which is the Upper Secondary Institute of Cairo Montenotte.

In the town there is also the School of Formation of the Penitentiary Personnel S.F.A.P.P. Andrea "Schivo".

• "Cairo Medioevale", costume historical re-enactment from 5 to 10 August.
• "Sagra della Tira", gastronomic event that is usually celebrated in July.

Tira is a typical food from Cairo Montenotte.[19] It has a very ancient history that has been handed down over three centuries.

It is made of a loaf of bread baked in the oven, in the inside there is a sausage.

In Cairo Montenotte is located Ferrania Film Museum, museum of industrial and territorial culture located in Palazzo Scarampi. It is dedicated to the company FILM/Ferrania/3M, once a producer of photosensitive material, located in the homonymous town.

Cairo Montenotte's center is crossed by the state highway 29 of the Colle di Cadibona that connects the town to Dego and Altare. The town is connected to the motorway Autostrada A6 Torino-Savona through the SS29var ‘Variante di Carcare e Collina Vispa’, that originates in San Giuseppe.

Other roads in the territory are: SP9 leading towards the villages of Ville, Carretto and Valle Uzzone; and SP38 leading towards the villages of Bragno and Ferrania. Cairo Montenotte is also connected to the surrounding municipalities and to Savona thanks to a bus line managed by TPL Linea S.r.l. (Trasporti Ponente Ligure).[20]

Cairo Montenotte has a train station, not far away from the historical city center. It is on the railway line going from Alessandria to San Giuseppe di Cairo, a branch of the Turin-Fossano-Savona railway line. The town is also linked to the rail axes Turin-Savona through the San Giuseppe di Cairo train station, located a few kilometers from the city center. The train station has been one of the most important Italian ports of call for goods in the period of maximum industrial development for the area.

There are some other train stations within the municipality's borders, in particular in Rocchetta Cairo (on the Savona-Alessandria railway line), Bragno and Ferrania (on the Torino-Savona and Savona-Alessandria lines).

Cairo Montenotte's baseball team is calle Cairese Baseball, and it is part of a national renowned company, the Baseball Club Cairese, that was founded in 1977.[21] Cairo Montenotte's Baseball Club has been committed in developing younger categories obtaining excellent results. Each year they churn out young talents that often get to experience professional or youth national teams.

The softball team is called Star Cairo, its first team plays in the Italian A2 series.

Both teams play in baseball fields located in the territory of the municipality that have been specifically built and dedicate to these agonistic disciplines.

Cairo Montenotte's football teams are:

• Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Cairese,[22] that plays in the Eccellenza championship, with track records in Serie C 1946-1948 and 1985–1986, played in Serie C2. Its colors are yellow and blue.
• U.P. Bragno, founded in 1983, plays in the Promozione championship. Its colors are green and white. This team plays in the ‘Paolo Ponzo’ football field located in the village of Bragno, where they play on natural grass.
• A.S.D. Aurora Calcio, that plays in the Seconda Categoria championship, it is the team where Paolo Ponzo played, he was a Serie A player. Its colors and yellow and black.
• U.S. Rocchettese,[23] that plays in Ligurian Seconda Categoria championship. Its colors and red and blue, and it plays in the Rocchetta Cairo’s municipal stadium.

Sci Club Cairese, founded in 1977,[24] organizes activities at a pre-competitive level and freeride for the younger members, and activities at a agonistic level for older people. The club, together with the Coordinamento Sci Club Valbormida, adheres to FISI (Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali) in the Ligurian Committee and participates in the Ligurian Cup.

In normal snowmaking conditions, the activities take place at the Mondolè Ski area in the municipalities of Frabosa Sottana and Frabosa Soprana. The Cairo Ski Club always attends Cairo Medievale event.

The Subsection Valbormida[25] of the Club Alpino Italiano (C.A.I.) is based in Cairo Montenotte, more precisely in Porta Soprana, it was founded in 1962 and it is part of Savona's povincial section of C.A.I.

It is considered a free national association that organizes guided mountaineering excursions for mountain enthusiasts.