Vernazza
1080
Gothic
landscape
Vernazza is a fortified Cinque Terre port village on the Ligurian coast, first documented in 1080 as a maritime base of the Obertenghi marquises, and central to the defensive coastline that protected against Saracen raids. The compact…
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- 1000-1900
Cinque Terre terraced landscape. Dry-stone sandstone retaining walls supporting vineyards and olive groves on slopes up to 450-500 metres above the village form part of the wider UNESCO cultural landscape.
- 1100-1199
Defensive system. The old fortification system preserves wall remains, Castello Doria, the eleventh-century watchtower Belforte, and the convent tower of the Padri Riformati di San Francesco.
- 1318
Santa Margherita di Antiochia. The harbor-side church Santa Margherita di Antiochia is first cited in 1318, with a medieval body to the east, a Renaissance body to the west, and large trilobed windows.
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