Cinque Terre

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What it is	Nature
Where	Cinque Terre, Liguria
Known for	Five cliff villages, terraced vineyards, coastal footpaths, train-linked coves

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Cinque Terre is the collective name for Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore. Along this steep Ligurian coast, stone-walled terraces were developed over centuries for vines and olive trees, creating a cultural landscape shaped by long-term adaptation to difficult terrain. Cinque Terre lies within the wider UNESCO World Heritage property Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto), rather than being separately inscribed.

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Cinque Terre is the collective name for the five villages of Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore.¹

Cinque Terre lies within the UNESCO World Heritage property Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto), inscribed in 1997 under criteria (ii), (iv) and (v). It is not a separately inscribed property.¹

Along the steep eastern Ligurian coast, stone-walled terraces were developed over centuries for vines and olive trees. UNESCO frames this cultivated landscape and the settlements together as a record of long-term human adaptation to difficult terrain.¹

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