Riomaggiore
Riomaggiore
Rimazùu | |
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Comune di Riomaggiore | |
St. John the Baptist | |
Saint day | 24 June |
Website | https://www.comune.riomaggiore.sp.it/ |
Riomaggiore (
The village, dating from the early thirteenth century, is known for its historic character and wine produced by the town's
The Via dell'Amore is a path connecting Riomaggiore to its frazione Manarola, also part of the Cinque Terre.
Riomaggiore is the most southern village of the five
Riomaggiore inspired paintings by Telemaco Signorini (1835–1901), one of the artists of the Macchiaioli group.
Transportation
Riomaggiore railway station is on the Genoa–Pisa railway. It is served by trains run by Trenitalia, including services from La Spezia Centrale.
Inside Riomaggiore, all major attractions are walkable for tourists.
In popular culture
Riomaggiore was featured in the 2014 driving video game Forza Horizon 2. The village was not featured as the central location but was referenced on various road signs.
Riomaggiore and other Cinque Terre towns were the inspiration for the fictional Portorosso in the 2021 animated film Luca.[4]
Gallery
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Houses on the rocks
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Panorama at sunset in summer
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Houses on the slope
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Riomaggiore
See also
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT". Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT). 1 January 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ Frisoni, Gaetano [in Italian] (1910). Dizionario Genovese-Italiano e Italiano-Genovese (in Italian). Genoa: Nuova Editrice Genovese.
- ^ Carey, Meredith (28 April 2021). "How Disney and Pixar's 'Luca' Built a Fictional Town Using the Best Parts of Cinque Terre". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
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