Cinque Terre
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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 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 | |
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.
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
[change | change source]Literature
[change | change source]Important 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
[change | change source]Some 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
[change | change source]The fictional town Sapienza from the 2016 videogame Hitman is inspired by Vernazza.[7]
Gallery
[change | change source]- Cinque Terre
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References
[change | change source]- ↑ "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)
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