Monterosso al Mare - Cinque Terre

Monterosso al Mare (SP)

Cinque Terre - Liguria (Italy)

The ancient founders came from Monterosso Albereto in Val di Vara, and the timing of the invasion of Rotari had founded the sanctuary of Soviore, including shrines in the way of the Cinque Terre.
In the eleventh century and founded the country went down the shelter of "Mons Rubens" on the coast.
During the Saracen invasions would then retrace their steps several times: the raids imposed hasty escape, in addition to the construction of adequate defensive works.
The fortification of the hill of San Cristoforo, where the first nucleus of the country, was commissioned by the Marquis Obertenghi, the first landowners, the Genoese, from 1276, added a watch tower which has now become the church tower of St. John the Baptist, a good example of Ligurian gothic.
On the hill stands the convent of the Capuchins of the seventeenth century, with works by artists from Genoa (Cambiaso, Strozzi) and a crucifixion of the school of Van Dyck.
The poet Eugenio Montale, the Nobel in 1975, spent the holiday in childhood and youth: the literary park dedicated to him is a route that does know the places and landscapes from which the poet drew material and inspiration for his first and most celebrated collections.
We are in the park of the Cinque Terre.
The seabed is varied and at times spectacular, as Masco points below (the headland to the west boundary of the Cinque Terre): diving is allowed only in certain areas and with a guide.
Also like to bathers, who will find sand, pebbles and rocks and can practice rowing and sailing.
The motorboats touring offer a good service to connect the village of the Riviera.
The "Monterosso" is a sweet cream, jam, chocolate, the "sweet cake" (a typical mid-summer) has candied fruit, raisins and pine nuts; the canestrelli Palm Sunday are flavored with fennel.
White wine and brandy in the Cinque Terre are famous, but not as the Sciacchetrà, fortified wine produced with dried grapes.