Cinque Terre
The Cinque Terre (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtʃiŋkwe ˈtɛrre]; Ligurian: Çinque Tære; meaning "Five Lands") are a coastal area within Liguria, in the west of La Spezia Province. There are five small towns within Cinque Terre and their names are (from west to east): Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore.
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
|---|---|
 View of the sea from Manarola | |
| Location | Liguria, Italy |
| Part of | Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) |
| Includes | |
| Criteria | Cultural: (ii)(iv)(v) |
| Reference | 826-001 |
| Inscription | 1997 (21st Session) |
| Area | 4,511.54 ha (11,148.3 acres) |
| Coordinates | 44°7′10″N 9°43′00″E / 44.11944°N 9.71667°E |
  Location of Cinque Terre in Italy | |
In 1997, the Cinque Terre became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1]
Vernazza is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[2]
Culture
changeLiterature
changeImportant Italian writers and poets wrote about the Cinque Terre.
Tra Lerice e Turbìa la più diserta,
la più rotta ruina è una scala,
verso di quella, agevole e aperta.
[…] e allora in una tovagliuola bianchissima gli portò due fette di pane arrostito e un gran bicchiere di vernaccia da Corniglia […]
Eugenio Montale,[5] Gabriele D'Annunzio and others wrote about them too.
Cinema
changeSome scenes from the 2013 movie The Wolf of Wall Street by Martin Scorsese were filmed in the Cinque Terre.
The 2021 Disney/Pixar movie Luca is set in a fictional town, Portorosso, inspired by the Cinque Terre.[6]
Videogames
changeThe fictional town Sapienza from the 2016 videogame Hitman is inspired by Vernazza.[7]
Gallery
change- Cinque Terre
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References
change- ↑ "Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)". UNESCO (in English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, and Dutch). Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ↑ "Vernazza". I Borghi più belli d'Italia (in English and Italian). Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ↑ Divina Commedia/Purgatorio/Canto III on Wikisource (in Italian)
- ↑ Decameron/Giornata decima/Novella seconda on Wikisource (in Italian)
- ↑ Montale, Eugenio; Thomas, Harry. "The Lemon Trees". poets.org. Handsel Books. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ↑ E.B. (30 April 2021). ""Luca", il film Pixar, è ambientato alle Cinque Terre. Ecco il trailer del cartoon più atteso del 2021". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ↑ Wiltshire, Alex (24 March 2017). "How Hitman's Hokkaido level was made". Rock Paper Shotgun. Gamer Network Limited. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
Other websites
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- Official website
(in English, Italian, and French)
