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The first documentation we have of Riomaggiore was only from 1251, when the inhabitants of the district Carpena swore allegiance to the Republic of Genoa. Between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the inhabitants of these settlements decided to go towards sea and give life to the village.
Riomaggiore boasts monuments of great interest, including St. John the Baptist’s, a church built in 1340 and the Oratory of Santa Maria Assunta which houses a fifteenth-century triptych of the fourteenth century and a wooden statue of the Madonna.
Also important is the Castle that dominates the city center.

Manarola is an urban jewel, with typical tower houses, founded during the twelfth century.
The first records of the village date back to the thirteenth century, while in the sixteenth century we hear of its resistance to pirate raids. The main monument of the village is the church of San Lorenzo, which dates back to 1338. Also important is the bell tower detached from the main body of the church probably because, originally, it had defensive duties.

Corniglia, the only village of the Cinque Terre not in contact with the sea, situated on a rocky promontory. Its houses look more like those of the hinterland than the typical coastal houses, indicating that the village’s traditional vocation has increasingly turned to the land rather than the coast. The most important monument is the Church of San Pietro, in Gothic-Genovese style, built around 1350. Interesting are also the Oratory of the Disciplined, 1700, and the wide Taragio, the small main square of Corniglia, the true heart of the village.

Vernazza is documented for the first time in 1080. The remarkable economic and social level reached by the town in the Middle Ages is still witnessed by the urban layout and the presence of architectural elements of great value. The country is dominated by the ruins of the “castrum”, a series of medieval fortifications dating from the eleventh century, with a castle and a cylindrical tower. The settlement consists of separate dwellings and of steep stairways called “arpaie”. The most important historical monument is St. Margaret of Antioch, whose construction dates back to the thirteenth century.

Monterosso al Mare is the largest village of the Cinque Terre and also the first village documented (1056). It consists of two settlements, the old village and Fegina, the more tourist part, Monterosso al Mare, has important monuments. These include the church of San Giovanni Battista. Of great importance is the castle of the Fieschi and the monastery whose church is dedicated to Saint Francis.
In Fegina you can find Villa Montale, which hosted the Nobel prize for literature, and The Giant (Il Gigante), an imposing reinforced-concrete statue assembled in early XX century which, originally, sustained on its shoulders a seashell-shaped terrace.

Lerici is located in the easternmost part of the Gulf of La Spezia. Of ancient origin, it was an important harbor where travelers and pilgrims who landed at Sarzana were connected to the Via Francigena to Rome or northern Italy. In the Middle Ages it was a possession of Genoa, for a short period of Pisa and then underwent various dominations until it returned to the Genoese in the late fifteenth century.
Lerici still retains its original medieval structure, with characteristic houses lined along the narrow alleys. Inside the village are interesting Jewish Quarters of the ghetto, the castle, built by Pisani in the thirteenth century and expanded by the Genoese, inside the thirteenth-century chapel dedicated to St. Anastasia and the geo-paleontological museum and squares of Poggio and San Giorgio. At the foot of the castle there is the relaxing walk along the seafront Vassallo. In the village there is also the tower of San Rocco, from Roman times, transformed into a bell tower in the sixteenth century, the parish church of St. Francis of Assisi, the oratory of San Bernardino and near the Palazzo Doria, ancient medieval hospital dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul.
In Lerici territory there are other locations such as San Terenzo with the castle, Villa Magni, inhabited by Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley and Villa Marigola, which offers a wonderful panorama of the Venere Azzurra beach.

Porto Venere is part of the Unesco World Heritage site.
Elegant holiday destination and the perfect combination of nature and architecture. Like other villages of the Ligurian coast it has a lovely marina, surrounded by the infinite range of colors of the houses, the steep stairs and the narrow alleys.
The beautiful church of San Pietro which rises from the cape of Boka. Built in the early Christian era and remodeled in the Gothic style, from the church you can enjoy a breathtaking view.
Characteristic is the Sanctuary of the Madonna Bianca, once the parish church of San Lorenzo, built in the twelfth century in Romanesque style and later renovated and expanded, and the Doria Castle, the majestic military fortress.

In front of Portovenere there are the three small islands:Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto, all forming part of the Portovenere Regional Park.
Palmaria is the largest and is much appreciated by tourists visiting by boat the wonderful Blue Grotto. Magnificent places for the precious historical and cultural value, where the landscape is simply unique and offers stunning sea views and spectacular examples of flora and fauna.

Lunigiana is a historical region divided between two provinces and two administrative regions. In the extreme north of Tuscany is the Alta Lunigiana, in the province of Massa Carrara, thereas the Bassa Lunigiana is located in the province of La Spezia, along the last stretch of the river Magra. Its historical boundaries, however, are much broader, once corresponding to the diocese of Luni which dominated a vast territory from Val di Magra, the Val di Vara, a part of the Garfagnana and the Gulf of Spezia.
Fortunately, the historical Lunigiana is still characterized by a deep cultural unity, live in the dialects, customs, traditions and cuisine, that cross administrative boundaries between Tuscany and Liguria. At Ortonovo, in the province of La Spezia are the remains of the ancient Luni, from which it draws its name Lunigiana.