San Lorenzo al Mare - Riviera Ligure dei Fiori

San Lorenzo al Mare (IM)

Riviera Ligure dei Fiori - Liguria (Italy)

San Lorenzo al Mare seems true to its destiny sailor also from on the plant dwelling has an odd shape to anchor, whose side arms are the two villages, although separated from the lower reaches of the Rio San Lorenzo, form a single country.
The suburb west, predominantly marine, was founded by the lords of Lengueglia and monks Villaregia; the east was commissioned by the lords of Porto Maurizio as a fortified rural center, near the Madeleine church.
The numerous attacks by the Saracens in the sixteenth century led the inhabitants of both communities to join forces, but it was only with the construction in the last century, a brick bridge on the river stopped every division.
San Lorenzo is today a small but populous town.
In summer, tourists flock to the beaches to play beach volleyball, scuba diving or enjoy clean water and sand of the beach.
The church of Santa Maria Maddalena is so close to the sea by requiring constant repairs to the erosion of salt. Built on a Romanesque church (of which few traces remain), was subjected to many reconstructions up to the present aspect of prevailing Baroque Liguria.
The Oratory of San Lorenzo, medieval and restored in the eighteenth century, is worth a visit.
The pedestrian area of the old town can walk quietly on the old tiled alleys.
Climbing the hill of "Pentachin" you can admire the panorama of the coast and in the spring, the spectacle of flowering (especially lilies) among the olive trees that reach the sea.
Between beach and bay artificial reefs create a marina capable of accommodating 200 small boats.