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Riomaggiore is the first of the Cinque Terre one meets when travelling north from La Spezia.
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Currently recovering :-/
But the wine there has always been good ;-) It was grown on terraces overlooking the sea.
Und der Via dell'Amore schaut auch anders aus. Es wird eben alles abgewirtschaftet, Hauptsache der Profit stimmt.
Danke, Giuseppe, für dieses Panoramabild.
But despite this, the Cinque Terre deserve to be visited.
During the Middle Ages, building houses leaning against each other presented many advantages. For example, it allowed you to better protect yourself from the wind (which is frequent on the sea), or to use little space to take advantage of the little fertile soil available. But it also had a defensive purpose. At the time the greatest terror of the inhabitants along these coasts was constituted by the Saracen pirates and the very narrow streets allowed them to defend themselves better.
And all of these villages had a watchtower to see the arrival of pirates. Often this towers has been preserved and are still visible today.
Riomaggiore even had a very small castle with a tower, which was transformed into a cemetery during the Napoleonic period. However, what remains of the castle and the tower can be visited.
The tower is now called "Torre dell'Orologio" (Clock Tower).
In the pano it is not clearly visible, but now I have inserted the label.
Tanti saluti e buona domenica,
Hans-Jörg
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