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WHERE WE ARE

The Cinque Terre – the amazing learning environment of our school –  are five villages of the Ligurian Eastern Coast, included in the steep and jagged stretch of coast going from Cape of Montenero to Cape of Mesco: Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso.

They are so called because they have in common the terraced landscape, built over the centuries to make possible viticulture, for a long time the fundamental economic activity of these villages. Still today on the terraces, sustained by dry stone walls, the DOC wine Cinque Terre is produced, as well as the famous straw fortified wine, the sciachetrà.

Thanks to their landscape peculiarity, the Cinque Terre, formerly a regional park, has become a national park and a protected marine environment, as well as UNESCO world heritage site.

LIGURIA

Liguria is located in the Northwest of Italy. Squeezed between the mountains (the Alps and the Apennines) and the sea (the Ligurian Sea) is divided into the West and East coast, with at the center the city of Genoa, the capital. Despite being a northern region, it enjoys a pleasant Mediterranean climate: winters are mild, summers warm and sunny, even if not scorching and sultry.

It is one of the Italian regions with the longest tradition from the historical, ethnic, cultural and linguistic point of view. Formerly land of the ancient Ligurian, a pre-Indo-European people, after a long resistance it was conquered by Rome and later it became for about eight centuries an independent state under the government of the Republic of Genoa.

LIGURIA

Liguria is located in the Northwest of Italy. Squeezed between the mountains (the Alps and the Apennines) and the sea (the Ligurian Sea) is divided into the West and East coast, with at the center the city of Genoa, the capital. Despite being a northern region, it enjoys a pleasant Mediterranean climate: winters are mild, summers warm and sunny, even if not scorching and sultry.

It is one of the Italian regions with the longest tradition from the historical, ethnic, cultural and linguistic point of view. Formerly land of the ancient Ligurian, a pre-Indo-European people, after a long resistance it was conquered by Rome and later it became for about eight centuries an independent state under the government of the Republic of Genoa.

RIOMAGGIORE

Our school is located in Riomaggiore, the more eastern of Cinque Terre, named Rimazùu in the local dialect of the Ligurian language. The village is only seven minutes by train from the centre of La Spezia, the nearest town and the capital of the province.

Riomaggiore lies in two different valleys, separated from the hill on which stands the castle and connected by a pedestrian tunnel. In the valley of the Rio Maggiore there is the historic center, characterized by the typical Genoese tower houses following one another along the banks of the stream. In the valley of the Rio Finale there is the newer part, developed around the railway station.

Viadellamore
THE VIA DELL'AMORE

Riomaggiore is connected to Manarola, the next village of the Cinque Terre, by the Via dell’Amore, the famous promenade carved into the rock overlooking the sea, which, thanks to its breathtaking views, is visited each year by millions of tourists from worldwide.

Visit the Cinque Terre National Park website
Visit the WHL website
THE VIA DELL'AMORE

Riomaggiore is connected to Manarola, the next village of the Cinque Terre, by the Via dell’Amore, the famous promenade carved into the rock overlooking the sea, which, thanks to its breathtaking views, is visited each year by millions of tourists from worldwide.

Viadellamore
Visit the Cinque Terre National Park website
Visit the WHL website
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