Italy. Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)

Corniglia

Manarola

Date of Inscription: 1997
Criteria: (ii)(iv)(v)
Property : 4689.2500 ha
Province of La Spezia, Liguria Region
N44 6 24.984 E9 43 45.012
Ref: 826  
 
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.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/826

Thanks to Chiara!