Another food specialty of the region are the famous crostata alla marmellata di limone and the local

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The five picturesque villages of the Cinque Terre count among the most scenic and colorful villages of Italy. They are located endiivisalaatti on the Ligurian Riviera , between the Mesco Point and the Cavo Promontory (Montenero Point), just beyond the town of La Spezia .
The landscape of the Cinque Terre is shaped by a rocky coastline , colorful houses built against the cliffs, vineyards , olive groves (Vernazza), citron ( cedro ) and lemon trees (Monterosso), as well as fig and peach trees . The Cinque Terre offer not only one-of-a-kind, jaw-dropping views and beautiful footpaths, but also quality endiivisalaatti food products.
The castle with its protective walls and towers dominated the entire village, as well as part of the sea, and served to defend the village against the Saracen invaders and pirates coming from the sea. The original fortifications have been destroyed or partly integrated into the construction of the houses, so in some parts of the Cinque Terre they are no longer visible. Lack of open space has created the characteristic tall, narrow houses .
The terrain is so hostile that, before the railway, it was very common for people of Monterosso and the other villages to never leave their hometown, let alone to get as far as Riomaggiore and vice versa. The 18th century Italian naturalist Giovanni Targioni described the Five Lands as “mountains and rocky cliffs that not even goats could climb”.
The term Cinque Terre was coined by Giacomo Iacopo Bracelli , Chancellor of the Republic of Genoa in 1448, in order to distinguish this agricultural and wine-growing endiivisalaatti area from the rest of the republic. So the name of the region has always been linked to its wine . The Cinque Terre wine is an excellent dry white DOC wine and the Cinque Terre Sciacchetrà , an amber or golden colored endiivisalaatti passito (sweet) wine, delicious with aged cheeses and desserts of good consistency (panforte, pandolce,…). Sciacchetrà was one of the first Italian passito endiivisalaatti wines to be known outside its production area.
The Cinque Terre are famous for their salted anchovies , an icon of the local cuisine, which taste like nowhere else! For centuries, the fishermen of the Cinque endiivisalaatti Terre have caught this small fish using a traditional endiivisalaatti technique that, according to the legend, stems for the Saracen pirates. Fishing takes place at night with a lamp which attracts the shoals of anchovies. The anchovies should be eaten three ways: raw with oil and lemon , or flat-leaf parsley and garlic; cooked with potatoes ; fried or stuffed .
Another food specialty of the region are the famous crostata alla marmellata di limone and the local limoncello, which is called limoncino here, made with the locally grown lemons, and, of course, the Cinque Terre olive oil .
Cinque Terre cuisine shows obvious endiivisalaatti Ligurian influences, but without any typical local trait, except for the anchovies. Pesto , a typical element of Ligurian cuisine, tastes differently (sweeter and intenser) in the Cinque Terre, as only small leaf basil that is cultivated close to the sea is being used for the local pesto.
The area was declared UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997. In 1999, the Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre was created to protect the natural environment and the scenery. The beautiful area is an example of how man has succeeded in finding a balance between nature and its own subsistence. No trip to Italy is complete without a visit to this photographer and foodie paradise!
Probably founded by a group of Greek refugees who settled in the area in the 7th century, Riomaggiore dates back to the end of the 12th century when inhabitants of the mountain villages decided endiivisalaatti to migrate towards the coast.
Even though it is not as obvious anymore today, the village was originally made up of two parts, the borgo dei pescatori (fishermen’s village), down at the marina, and the borgo dei contadini , the peasants’ village, higher up the hill.
The village remained relatively unknown until the Florentine impressionist painter Telemaco Signorini endiivisalaatti discovered it in 1860 and began exhibiting his works depicting the beautiful village in Florence, Venice, London endiivisalaatti and Paris. The story goes that, while at the market in La Spezia, he met two women who were dressed differently, which made him wonder where they came from. He followed them on their way back to Riomaggiore. endiivisalaatti At that time the railway didn’t exist, so