History

You can say for sure Riomaggiore sources are to be traced back to the VIII century approximately when inhabitants of the Val di Vara, in search of a more climate for cultivating vines and olive, without more terror saracene incursions, moving towards the coast. The country climbs along the crinali to peak on the sea and is characterised by typical houses in stone by the colored facades and roofs in Slate.

The village of Riomaggiore presents typical sections reflecting its history and traditions. The village is extended along a vertical axis where steep ladders are the only means to move within the territory of the country. Typical houses are Tower on two or more plans for better use of available space.
The early history of the village date back to the 1239, year in which the inhabitants of the feudal district of Carpena entered the Genoese society. Arriving later in full was Napoleonic to also incorporate the locality of Manarola, whose historical roots are still more ancient the same Riomaggiore, only in the 1343 Riomaggiore becomes autonomous as common and administration. Now Park Tower Guardiola, unspoilt nature, a time was one of the strong more equipped area.
The 1341 instead is the Church of San Giovanni Battista, whose facade has been restructured in neogotico style in 1820. Also the parish of San Lorenzo of the 1338 has a Gothic façade. The castle of Riomaggiore (sec.) (XV-XVI) rises instead on the mountain spur separating the oldest part from the village arose at the station.
Between native characters of Riomaggiore, recommend the Tolemaico Signorini painter.

The coastline that takes the name of Cinque Terre, consists of the villages of Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore, extends for approximately 15 Km and is one of the Mediterranean areas natural and semi-natural most unspoiled and extended the Liguria.
Human activities, especially the viticulture, helped create a landscape unique in the world in which typical "walls", secular and hard work of the human development reaches total one of the famous wall of China.
Crystal clear sea, a network of trails between the rich and more enviable in Mediterranean areas and mild climate have made the Cinque Terre to become one of the destinations most coveted by tourists. Precisely these climatic conditions allow the cultivation of olive trees, citrus and viticulture, which led UNESCO to declare the Cinque Terre "World heritage of humanity" in 1997, guarantees the production of profumatissimo passito wine Sciacchetrà, famous throughout the world.

The National Park of the Cinque Terre and the Riserva Marina
first protected area and regional park, the Cinque Terre are subsequently become in 1999 National Park which is the tool for safeguarding a unique environment to the world of coast to overhanging the sea with bays and small beaches, thousands of kilometres of walls dry to score the terraces for the cultivation of the vine, typical rustic, medieval villages, sanctuaries, panoramic trails on the sea and on the slopes.

The territory faces five villages between promontory Punta Mesco Poniente and Montenero to levante, Cape coast was declared Marina natural protected area in 1999 to preserve the countless gorgonian therein and the Posidonia oceanica form dense Prairies and serves as a refuge and place of reproduction for countless bodies and especially rare. Also, for the presence of whales and dolphins, these waters are part of the sanctuary of cetaceans.