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Cinque Terre: Riomaggiore,
Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza,
Monterosso |
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The "Cinque Terre" include the coastal belt of the territory that
runs from Punta Mesco, the western
promontory of
Monterosso, to
Portovenere; it’s a strip of coast
about 15 kms. long, between the sea
and the mountains. Behind them,
there’s the Val di Vara (Vara Valley)
and, in their final part, the Gulf
of La Spezia.
The steep profile of this territory,
sometimes overhanging on the sea,
with growings and vineyards,
terraced thanks to the famous
"little dry stone walls" (built with
stones without cement), where rocks
and barren areas appear covered with
heather, broom and pines, only in a
depht of 3 or 4 kms., highlights
some 700-800 metres high relieves.
The villages of the
Cinque Terre (Riomaggiore,
Manarola,
Corniglia,
Vernazza,
Monterosso), crouch between the
ridges of the Ligurian Appennines,
downgrading over the sea, and the
creeks of their spurs. It’s a strip
of land of an as enchanting as
rugged nature, where inhabitants
became used to obstacles and toil,
always fighting with love for their
landscape.
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