Riomaggiore is the easternmost of the Cinque Terre.L 'village consists of several parallel orders of houses Genoese towers that follow the steep stream.
Caught between two steep hills terraced down to the sea in steep cliffs, the ancient village of Riomaggiore, strikes the visitor with its houses built vertically and delightfully colored, while walking through the alleys, vaults and scale of the village, will be fascinated by the alternation of light and shadow. All houses have two entrances: one at the front of the alley, the other on the back road up to the upper structure, which in 1500 guaranteed an escape route in case of attack by the Saracens. In the upper part of town you can visit the church of San Giovanni Battista, built in 1340, a basilica, with columns in different styles and with the two Gothic doors. In the village well worth a stop the oratory of Santa Maria Assunta in 1500, the Oratory of Saint Anthony and the oratory of San Rocco.
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