Things to See in Camogli | 2 Monuments & Landmarks

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Camogli's tall painted seafront curving along its dark-sand beach

DistrictCamogliPainted seafront houses, Sagra del Pesce, harbor, path to San FruttuosoCamogli packs its seafront into six- and seven-story buildings painted with trompe l’oeil windows, balconies and architectural details, a Ligurian housepainting tradition that let modest families fake the grandeur of carved stone. The name is often explained as a contraction of casa mogli, house of wives, a nod to the seafaring men who left for long stretches. In the Late Middle Ages the town flourished as a seaport, earning the nickname city of a thousand white sails. That maritime pride peaks every May at the Sagra del Pesce, when fish is fried for thousands in a pan reportedly about four meters across on the harborfront. The Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta faces the port, and a coastal path leads to the Abbey of San Fruttuoso.Plan the visit

Abbazia di San FruttuosoAbbey of San FruttuosoBoat-only abbey cove, Christ of the Abyss statue, Doria family tombs, FAI-managed siteBenedictine monks raised this abbey directly into a cove on the Portofino headland in the tenth century, choosing a spot reachable only by boat or by a two-hour mule path over the ridge, and it still cannot be reached any other way. Genoese admirals of the Doria family are buried in the crypt, their tombs cut into the rock beneath the cloister. The bell tower and refectory survive largely as rebuilt after a Saracen raid, and the complex now belongs to the FAI, Italy's national trust. Offshore in the protected marine reserve, at a depth of about seventeen meters, a bronze statue of Christ has watched over the bay since 1954, placed to bless divers and sailors and now one of the most photographed underwater sculptures in the Mediterranean.

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