Showing posts with label Riomaggiore. Show all posts
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October 19, 2015

RIOMAGGIORE, ITALY (Cinque Terre)


Riomaggiore is the most southern village of the five Cinque Terre.  The town of Riomaggiore presents typical features reflecting its history and traditions.  The town stretches along a vertical axes where steep staircases are the only means to move around the town and the typical houses have one or two-floor towers.

The first historical traces date back to 1239, when the inhabitants of the feudal district of Carpena entered in the Compagnia Genovese.
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