UNESCO
UNESCO in Liguria
4 towns
Liguria carries 4 of the UNESCO towns we cover. All sit in the province of La Spezia.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Vernazza, Monterosso al Mare, and Riomaggiore. 1 more town carries the mark alongside them.
Vernazza
Province: La Spezia · 3 m
The middle village of the Cinque Terre, the only one with a natural harbor, buried under four meters of mud in October 2011.
Monterosso al Mare
Province: La Spezia · 12 m
The westernmost and largest of the Cinque Terre, where Eugenio Montale spent the childhood summers that became Ossi di seppia in 1925.
Riomaggiore
Province: La Spezia · 35 m
The easternmost of the Cinque Terre, 1,326 people stacked above a fishing inlet, terraced vineyards climbing 250 meters straight off the sea.
Portovenere
Province: La Spezia · 37 m
A Genoese fortress at the western mouth of the Gulf of Poets, the black-and-white church of San Pietro on the Venus-temple rock.
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