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Vernazza (Ligurian: Vernassa, locally Vernasa; Latin: Vulnetia) is a town and comune located in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, northwestern Italy. It is one of the five towns that make up the Cinque Terre region.
The dissolution of the Western Roman Empire brings in Italy the creation of many barbarian kingdoms, as, for example, Kingdom of the Lombards, that evolved over the centuries in feudal lordships. During this period were built the medieval villages with fortified walls and towers.
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 ...
Information about Corniglia and San Pietro Church of San Pietro Naves in the interior Polychrome cobblestones at entrance of San Pietro. Corniglia (Ligurian: Corniggia; locally Curnigia) [citation needed] is a frazione ("hamlet") within the comune of Vernazza in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, northern Italy, with a population of about 150 (in 2016).
The Villa Marlia or Villa Reale di Marlia is a late-Renaissance palazzo or villa, and its estate's property that includes renowned gardens and adjacent villas and follies within the compound. It is located in Capannori , in the Province of Lucca , west of Florence, in the northern Tuscany region of Italy.
The singer Natalino Otto started the swing genre in Italy and his friend and colleague Pippo Barzizza was a composer, arranger, conductor and music director. Other musicians, composers and arrangers are Angelo Francesco Lavagnino , Gian Piero Reverberi , Gian Franco Reverberi , Oscar Prudente , Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi .
Villa Zanelli is a historical building located in Savona, Liguria, Italy. [1] The building is an example of the Liberty style of residential architecture (a variant of Art Nouveau most commonly found in Italy), and was completed in 1907 for the Zanelli family. [2]
Villa Foscari is a villa in Mira, near Venice, northern Italy, designed by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. The home was constructed by Palladio for two patrician brothers. [ 1 ] It was built in the mid 1550s. [ 2 ]