Porto Venere waterfront

Taken from the wharf where our tender docked after bringing us ashore from the ship. The city looked a little like old Charleston, SC with all the pastel buildings like Rainbow Row. The low waterfront faced directly on the open sea, which usually requires a sea wall. Porto Venere had one, but it was out in the water away from shore and didn't spoil the scenery.

Cinque Terre

April 20th 2005
After a long delay, we're baaack! Sorry to be so long dropping the other shoe and finishing up, but things just had to be prioritized after our return to the US. One of the last places we visited on our world cruise was the coast of northern Italy, where the boot of Italy joins the European body. Venice was on the eastern side of the boot top, and our new destination - Porto Venere - was o ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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