Cinque Terre

Cinque Terre
UNESCO World Heritage Site
View of the sea from Manarola
LocationLiguria, Italy
Part ofPortovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
Includes
CriteriaCultural: (ii)(iv)(v)
Reference826-001
Inscription1997 (21st Session)
Area4,511.54 ha (11,148.3 acres)
Coordinates44°7′10″N 9°43′00″E / 44.11944°N 9.71667°E / 44.11944; 9.71667
Cinque Terre is located in Italy
Cinque Terre
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.

Vernazza is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia [en] ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

Culture

Literature

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.

— Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Purgatorio [en], III, 49–51

[…] e allora in una tovagliuola bianchissima gli portò due fette di pane arrostito e un gran bicchiere di vernaccia da Corniglia […]

— Giovanni Boccaccio, Decameron, Tenth Day, Second Novel

Eugenio Montale [en], Gabriele D'Annunzio and others wrote about them too.

Cinema

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.

Videogames

The fictional town Sapienza from the 2016 videogame Hitman [en] is inspired by Vernazza.

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Vernazza". I Borghi più belli d'Italia (in English and Italian). Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  3. ↑ Divina Commedia/Purgatorio/Canto III on Wikisource (in Italian)
  4. ↑ Decameron/Giornata decima/Novella seconda on Wikisource (in Italian)
  5. ↑ Montale, Eugenio; Thomas, Harry. "The Lemon Trees". poets.org. Handsel Books. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.

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