Vernazza - Cinque Terre

Vernazza (SP)

Cinque Terre - Liguria (Italy)

The ancient Vulnetia, was founded around the year 1000 by the inhabitants of Reggio, down from the ridge when the coasts were freed from Saracen threat.
Corniglia, on the coast but also its highest position and protected, is of Roman origin, like San Bernardino, between Corniglia and Reggio.
Vernazza boasts an illustrious maritime tradition: when, in the thirteenth century, Genoa came into possession of the scope Gulf (west of the first to Portovenere) recognized the navy vernazzese important privileges.
In addition, there staged a shipyard and equipped the country with a powerful defense system, which included, in addition to the Doria castle, a wall upstream and three towers, towards the sea, the Belforte tower.
The Romanesque church of Santa Margherita of Antioch is built on the cliff.
Including the National Park of Cinque Terre, the coast is a protected area, fishing is regulated.
The cave was a cleft in the cliff Maemuna: it can be accessed by boat and up to 50 meters into the rock.
The rocky bottom is ideal for diving, Vernazza is on a diving center.
The marina has a capacity of 200 berths.
Vernazza is the center of a network of trails that connect the coastal towns of the Cinque Terre.
The sanctuary of the Madonna di Reggio, near the ridge, you can reach in less than an hour's walk from the town along the old trail that crosses age, punctuated by the Stations of the Cross; halfway through the chapel of St. Bernard.
The sanctuary has Romanesque façade and baroque interior, and Marian holds an effigy of the Tuscan school of the fourteenth century, the object of great devotion, and a beautiful collection of votive offerings of sailors.
Olive groves and vineyards of these hills are the ideal climate: maximum sun exposure and minimal exposure to the winds.
Here ripen the grapes that are used for the preparation of the white table and the Sciacchetrà, the famous fortified wine of the Cinque Terre.
The Tegame alla Vernazzese is prepared with anchovies, potatoes, tomatoes and spices, and baked.
Vernazza was born painter Ettore Cozzani.