CINQUE TERRE - The Five Lands
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The Cinque Terre are one of the most uncontamined areas in the Mediterranean Sea. The peculiar territorial formation of the Cinque Terre (Five Lands) is the result of the rocks pressure during thousands of years. The erosion of the water has created hundreds of bays and small creeks. Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore are the five villages that form the Cinque Terre, suspended between sea and land on sheer cliffs upon the beautiful sea. Already populated in remote times, these villages have developed their current aspect thanks to the patient human work. The terrace cultivations are characteristic of the five villages, built on narrow ribbons on the sea, defined by an unthinkable number of dry-laid stone walls. According to a study, adding the several walls, the Five Lands would be travelled by two meters high and eleven thousand kilometres long wall. The forgetfulness in which they fell under the Republic of Genoa has been the salvation for the conservation of its natural beauty. The Cinque Terre offer beautiful foopaths with take breathing view, churches, oratories and old castles, diving, food and wines of first quality. The Cinque Terre are National Park and Unesco's World Heritage Site since 1997.
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