Riomaggiore SP

An upturned boat hanging on the wall of the slope on Via San Giacomo

The village’s small harbour with a few wooden boats, sheltered by a breakwater, and to the right the path leading down to the marina

The tall, narrow, colourful houses on Via San Giacomo and the slope down towards the marina

The rocky cliff with a few sunbathers in swimwear lying in the sun

A panoramic view of Riomaggiore and its colourful, vertically arranged houses, seen from Via San Giacomo

A panoramic view of the ancient village of Riomaggiore, nestled against the rock, with the rocky coastline of the Ligurian Sea to the left

The village’s little harbour, a small cove sheltered by a breakwater

The breakwater, full of sunbathers

The rugged, jagged coastline of the Cinque Terre

A few houses nestled amongst the greenery, clinging to the hillside

The breakwater rocks and two moored fishing boats

A close-up of the breakwater rocks with a wooden boat (gozzo) moored there

A typical blue Ligurian gozzo (boat) moored in the village marina

Swimmers in swimwear, lying on the rocks sunbathing

The terrace on Via San Giacomo, carved out of the rock and overlooking the sea

The small harbour, surrounded by a breakwater and a few moored fishing boats

On the left are the houses on Via San Giacomo; below, the rocky cliff and the marina with a few boats moored there

The narrow, long, colourful houses typical of Liguria, overlooking Via San Giacomo

A glimpse of the old village, characterised by narrow, vertically arranged houses

The final stretch of Via San Giacomo with two boats and the colourful houses

A panoramic view of the village of Riomaggiore, overlooking the sea, from the terrace on Via San Giacomo

On the right is Via San Giacomo and on the left are the pastel-coloured houses clinging to the hillside

On the right, a house with a yellow façade and a gazebo with white and light blue stripes; on the left, other houses clinging to the hillside

Via Terrazza San Giacomo, with the old colourful houses on the right

The railway station platform, with the tunnel running through the village in the background

Murals by Silvio Benedetto (8 x 10 m) in the station forecourt: a diptych entitled “Between Myth and Reality” and “The Journey of a Photograph (a story of people and stones)”, forming part of the project “Artistic itineraries in the Cinque Terre National Park”

Detail of the mural (left-hand panel) depicting an Argentine winegrower at work, painted by Silvio Benedetto

The entrance to the pedestrian tunnel (on the station side) linking the station to the village, 157 metres long, decorated with a multi-material mosaic entitled ‘La sequenza della memoria’ by Silvio Benedetto

The multi-material mosaic entitled “La sequenza della memoria” (The Sequence of Memory), depicting the Cinque Terre coastline, which adorns the entire length of the Riomaggiore pedestrian tunnel; created by Silvio Benedetto in 2008

The ‘Majolica Wall’, situated at the entrance (on the village side) to the mosaic gallery, is the work of various artists, including Silvio Benedetto

Piazza del Vignaiolo and the mural on the façade of the Telemaco Signorini school, created in 2010 by the artist Silvio Benedetto, entitled “Faces and Hands: a tribute to the winegrowers”

A mural on the façade of the Telemaco Signorini School in Piazza del Vignaiolo, entitled “Faces and Hands: A Tribute to the Winegrowers”, which forms part of the project “Artistic Itineraries in the Cinque Terre National Park”, created by Silvio Benedetto in 2010

Piazza del Vignaiolo and the yellow façade of a building

An eco-friendly green bus from the Cinque Terre National Park in Via Colombo

The castle known as the ‘Castellazzo di Cerricò’, situated on the hill of the same name, as seen from Via Colombo

Some houses in the historic centre on Via Colombo, with the bell tower of the Church of St John the Baptist visible top left

The colourful houses on Via Colombo, with the bell tower of the parish church of St John the Baptist in the top right-hand corner

Via Colombo and the Ca’dei Duxi inn

The leafy Via Colombo, lined with oleander trees, with the Ca’dei Duxi inn on the right

The houses in the town centre on Via Colombo and, at the end of the street, the bell tower of the Church of the Confraternity of the Assumption

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