World Heritage Identification Number: 826
World Heritage since: 1997
Category: Cultural Heritage
WHE Type: Natural Landscapes & Geographic Features
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
Continent: Europe
UNESCO World Region: Europe and North America
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The Cultural Landscape of Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino, and Tinetto): A Millennial Legacy
The coastal region encompassing Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the islands of Palmaria, Tino, and Tinetto, collectively inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997, offers a captivating blend of natural beauty and historical significance. This area, situated along the Ligurian coast of Italy, presents a unique cultural landscape that reflects over a thousand years of human settlement.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
The Ligurian coast between Cinque Terre and Portovenere is a cultural landscape of great scenic and cultural value. The layout and disposition of the small towns and the shaping of the surrounding landscape, overcoming the disadvantages of a steep, uneven terrain, encapsulate the continuous history of human settlement in this region over the past millennium.
UNESCO Justification of the World Heritage Site
Criterion (ii): The eastern Ligurian Riviera between Cinque Terre and Portovenere is a cultural site of outstanding value that illustrates a traditional way of life that has existed for a thousand years and continues to play an important socio-economic role in the life of the community.
Criterion (iv): The Ligurian coastal region from Cinque Terre to Portovenere is an outstanding example of landscape where the layout and disposition of small towns, historically stratified, in relation to the sea, and the shaping of the surrounding terraces that overcame the disadvantages of a steep, uneven terrain, encapsulates the continuous history of human settlement in this region over the past millennium.
Criterion (v): Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) is a remarkable cultural landscape created by human endeavour over a millennium in a rugged and dramatic natural environment. It represents the harmonious interaction between people and nature to produce a landscape of exceptional scenic quality.
Encyclopedia Record: Porto Venere
Porto Venere is a town and municipality located on the Ligurian coast of Italy in the Province of La Spezia. It has a population of 3,208.Additional Site Details
Area: 4,689.25 hectares
Number of Components: 4
(iv) — Outstanding example of a type of building or landscape
(v) — Outstanding example of traditional human settlement
Coordinates: 44.10694 , 9.72917
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