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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. Over the centuries, people have built terraces on the rugged, steep landscape right up to the cliffs that overlook the Ligurian Sea. Paths, trains, and boats connect the villages as cars can only ...
Portorož (pronounced [pɔɾtɔˈɾoːʃ] ⓘ; Italian: Portorose) is a Slovenian Adriatic seaside resort and spa settlement located in the Municipality of Piran in southwestern Slovenia. Its modern development began in the late 19th century with the vogue for the first health resorts.
The film is set on the Italian Riviera in 1959, and centers on Luca Paguro (Tremblay), a young sea monster boy with the ability to assume human form while on land, who explores the town of Portorosso with his new best friends, Alberto Scorfano (Grazer) and Giulia Marcovaldo (Berman), experiencing a life-changing summer adventure.
In 1861, the year of the unification of Italy, Portoscuso had 502 inhabitants. [5] After the Second World War , the industrial center of Portovesme developed during the 1960s and 1970s. Between 1951 and 1961 the population grew by +42.6%, while between 1961 and 1971 by +32.8%, the demographic increase continued until the 1990s, reaching almost ...
The province of La Spezia (Italian: provincia della Spezia; Ligurian: provinsa dea Spèza) is a province in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of La Spezia. It has an area of 881 square kilometres (340 sq mi) and, As of 2017, a total population of 220,225 inhabitants. There are 32 communes in the province. [2]
Manarola (Manaea in the local dialect) is a small town, a frazione of the comune (municipality) of Riomaggiore, in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, Northern Italy. It is the second-smallest of the famous Cinque Terre towns frequented by tourists, with a population of 353.
I ended up writing this rhythmic, melodic figure that was a call and response between the two instruments." The town of Portorosso, where the entire film took place, is "the place, where they wanted to lean into the romantic Italian-score side". [6] Romer used Alberto's theme for the entitled sequel short film Ciao Alberto. [7]
In 1870, the Italian government built a railroad line into the city, which opened it up to the outside world. It is the main way in which people enter the city. During World War II , many young men from the Cinque Terre fought for the resistance against the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini , and the subsequent Nazi German occupation of Italy.