ALASSIO AND ITS FLORA 27 
of writing on unstamped paper. This state 
of things continued until the annexation 
of the Ligurian Republic to the French 
Empire (1805). 
In 1805 the Canton of Alassio, as well 
as all the ex-Ligurian Republic, was placed 
under the new French tributary system. 
With the abdication of Napoleon I (1814), 
Liguria was assigned to the Kingdom of 
Sardinia at the Congress of Vienna. The 
Sardinian King having returned to his 
new states, restored the ancient regimen, 
taking from Alassio Stellanello and Testico; 
but in the hurry of returning to the an- 
cient state of things, forgot the tributary 
system. In 1815 the abbey of ^anta Maria 
and ^an Martino delta Gallinara was re- 
stored, and Monsignor Biale, bishop of 
Albenga was placed at the head of it. It 
is to be remarked that from 1473 this 
abbey was conceded as a Commenda, and 
the last abbot named, was Father Giusti- 
niani in 1795. 
From 1815 until now, nothing remar- 
kable has occurred. Alassio contributed to 
the number of those who fell for the in- 
