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The Italian Riviera crosses all four Ligurian provinces and their capitals Genoa, Savona, Imperia and La Spezia, with a total length of about 350 km (218 miles). [3] It is customarily divided into a western section, the Ponente Riviera, and an eastern section, the Levante Riviera, the point of division being the apex of the Ligurian arc at ...
The coastline, the five villages, and the surrounding hillsides are all part of the Cinque Terre National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [1] Vernazza is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). [2] The Cinque Terre area is a popular tourist destination.
Andora is situated in the western part of the Italian Riviera between Capo Mele in the east and Capo Mimosa in the west. This coastal area is called the Riviera delle Palme (Riviera of Palms), which is centered on Savona. To the west is the Riviera dei Fiore (Riviera of Flowers), which stretches from the French border to Cervo. Andora had a ...
Cervo (Ligurian: O Çervo) is a small, ancient town and comune, built on top of a hill along the Italian Riviera in the province of Imperia. It has approximately 1,200 inhabitants. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). [3]
The 5 autonomous regions in red and the 15 ordinary regions in gray. Every region has a statute that serves as a regional constitution, determining the form of government and the fundamental principles of the organization and the functioning of the region, as prescribed by the Constitution of Italy (Article 123).
In black, the borders of the Italian Republic, in red the borders of the Italian geographical region. The Italian geographical region, [2] in its traditional and most widely accepted extent, has an area of approximately 324,000 square kilometres (125,000 sq mi), [2] which is greater than the area of the entire Italian Republic (301,230 square ...
Italy, [a] officially the Italian Republic, [b] is a country in Southern [12] and Western [13] [c] Europe.It consists of a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. [15]
Riomaggiore (Ligurian: Rimazzô, locally Rimazùu [3]) is a village and comune in the province of La Spezia, situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy. It is the first of the Cinque Terre villages one encounters when travelling north from La Spezia. Riomaggiore, the southern-most village of the Cinque Terre