Riomaggiore SP

On the left is the castle tower and, further to the left, the Oratory of San Rocco with its bell tower on Via Pecunia

On the left, the castle tower with its clock; on the right, a detail of the portico of the Oratory of San Rocco in Via Pecunia

The gabled façade of the Oratory of San Rocco in Via Pecunia, built in 1480, with a portico in front

The San Rocco Oratory, built in the wake of the plague of 1480, and the small bell tower in Via Pecunia

The interior of the San Rocco Oratory, lit by windows with blue and orange stained-glass panes, and behind the altar a painting depicting the Madonna and Child

The chancel of the Oratory of San Rocco and the triptych depicting the Virgin and Child flanked by two saints

Two splayed pointed-arch windows with stained-glass panes that illuminate the San Rocco Oratory

The roof and bell tower of the San Rocco oratory in Via De Gasperi (Colle Cerricò), with the castle tower in the background

The wooden crucifix erected on 17 July 1933 on the steps of the Tagliata in memory of the holy missions of the Passionist Fathers

Via dell’Amore as seen from Via Telemaco Signorini, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Via dell’Amore, the terrace in the Cinque Terre National Park overlooking the Ligurian Sea, with the “A Pié de Mà” restaurant below

Wooden benches and parasols in Via Telemaco Signorini, the village’s viewpoint

Panoramic view of the village, with the Church of St John the Baptist on the left

The façade of the Town Hall in Via Telemaco Signorini, painted by Benedetto Silvio

Detail of the mural ‘The Human Park: Between Myth and Reality’ on the façade of the town hall in Via Telemaco Signorini, created by Silvio Benedetto in 1999

The mural ‘The Human Park: Between Myth and Reality’ on the façade of the town hall in Via Telemaco Signorini, created by Silvio Benedetto

Detail of Silvio Benedetto’s mural ‘The Park of Man: Between Myth and Reality’, depicting a metaphor for fishing and shipwreck

The mural created in 1999 by the artist Silvio Benedetto, entitled “The Park of Man: Between Myth and Reality”, in Via Telemaco Signorini

Two red pots with succulents at the entrance to a house on Via Telemaco Signorini

Some clothes hanging out to dry in the sun on Via Piè da Punta

A flight of steps carved into the cliff leading down to the sea, with the breakwater to the left

A stretch of rocky coastline that drops sheer down to the sea

A stretch of rugged coastline bathed by the Ligurian Sea

The small tourist and commercial harbour, sheltered by a breakwater

Some fishing boats in Via San Giacomo

In the foreground is a fisherman’s blue gozzo (boat), moored in Via San Giacomo

A detail of a wooden fishing boat, also known as a ‘gozzetto’, painted light blue and moored in Via San Giacomo alongside other small boats

The final stretch of Via San Giacomo and the small fishing boats moored there

The final stretch of Via San Giacomo, which ends at the sea with a few boats moored there

A corner of Via San Giacomo with a few boats moored there and, above, the colourful tower blocks

A white wooden boat (gozzo) used for fishing, located in Via San Giacomo

A fisherman’s house full of red lifebuoys, oars and other fishing gear in Via San Giacomo

A red and blue boat, turned upside down and hanging from the rocky cliff face overlooking the sea

The village’s small harbour with a few fishing boats

On the left, the breakwater rocks of the small harbour; on the right, a tourist boat

The boat landing area further up the river, with a few boats moored there

A typical Ligurian house, built upwards, with a yellow wall and a splash of red on the railing

A fisherman’s pink boat bearing the words ‘either you give it to me or you’re off’ moored in the boat landing area

A few colourful gozzetti (fishing boats) moored on the slope leading down to the marina

The slope down Via San Giacomo leading to the marina, with rowing boats moored on either side

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