Manarola SP

The large cliff by the marina with a few bathers

The walk down to the marina, which is full of sunbathers, with the coastline of Punta Bonfigli in the background

The concrete walkway leading down to the marina, which is full of sunbathers

Via Birolli, with the wine shop ‘La cantina dello zio Bramante’ on the left

The tall, colourful houses on Via Birolli

Via Renarto Birolli, with one of the many souvenir shops on the right

Junction between Via Renato Birolli (left) and Via Antonio Discovolo (right)

The long Via Antonio Discovolo, with some decorative green plants and, in the background, the bell tower of the church of San Lorenzo

A section of Via Discovolo, a street named after the painter of the same name, with the bell tower of the church of San Lorenzo in the background

The colourful houses on Via Discovolo and, on the left, the steps leading up a side street

Via Antonio Discovolo, with the big wheel on the left – the symbol of the village from which it takes its name

On the left is the large waterwheel of an old watermill known as the ‘magna roea’ in Via Antonio Discovolo, and on the right is the bell tower of the church of San Lorenzo

A detail of the large wheel of a watermill resting against a wall on Via Discovolo – from which the village takes its name – and, on the right, the bell tower of the church of San Lorenzo

A three-storey building with a yellow façade on Via Discovolo

The bell tower with the clock of the Church of San Lorenzo, dating from the 14th century, seen from below on Via Discovolo

On the left is the bell tower, formerly used as a watchtower, in Piazza Papa Innocenzo IV, and on the right is the church of San Lorenzo

The Church of San Lorenzo in Piazza Papa Innocenzo IV, built in the Ligurian Gothic style in 1338 and also known as the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary

A wrought-iron cross supported by a column in Piazza Papa Innocenzo IV

On the left, a wrought-iron cross; on the right, the façade of the Church of San Lorenzo in Piazza Papa Innocenzo IV

The buttressed façade in local sandstone of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary or St Lawrence, featuring a rose window dating from 1375, in Piazza Papa Innocenzo IV

The rose window of the church of San Lorenzo in Piazza Papa Innocenzo IV, the work of the Campione-based sculptors Pietro and Matteo da Campilio

The central nave of the Church of San Lorenzo, divided by Corinthian columns

The Chapel of the Sacred Heart, situated in the right-hand aisle of the Church of San Lorenzo

On the right, a confessional in the church of San Lorenzo; on the left, a painting of the Madonna and Child

The blue front door of a house situated on the Tre Croci hill

The nativity scene made from recycled materials by Mario Andreoli, situated on the Tre Croci hill

Part of the nativity scene designed by Mario Andreoli, situated on the Tre Croci hill and illuminated by 15,000 light bulbs at sunset

The Cinque Terre coastline, its terraces and the village railway station

The village railway along the Via dell’Amore coastline, overlooking the sea

In the foreground, an iron crucifix on the viewing terrace, made from recycled materials, with the Cinque Terre coastline in the background

The silhouette of a crucifix on the terrace in Via Belvedere, with the Mesco headland in the background

The remains of ancient walls featuring an arch, in Via Aldo Rollandi

Panoramic view of the village, with the bell tower of the Church of San Lorenzo in the centre

Panoramic view of the village and the lush green hill of Tre Croci

Piazza Dario Capellini and the covered gazebo at the Aristide restaurant

Via Discovolo seen from above, surrounded by the typical colourful, vertically arranged houses of Liguria

A house with a yellow façade on Via Aldo Rollandi

Via Discovolo, the village’s main street

An oblique view of a building with two street lamps, situated between Via Renato Birolli (left) and Via Discovolo (right)

Panoramic view of the village of Manarola at sunset

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