UNESCO World Heritage Site
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) is a cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site in Italy, inscribed in 1997.
The Ligurian coast between Cinque Terre and Portovenere is a cultural landscape of great scenic and cultural value. The layout and disposition of the small towns and the shaping of the surrounding landscape, overcoming the disadvantages of a steep, uneven terrain, encapsulate the
The Ligurian coast between Cinque Terre and Portovenere is a cultural landscape of great scenic and cultural value. The layout and disposition of the small towns and the shaping of the surrounding landscape, overcoming the disadvantages of a steep, uneven terrain, encapsulate the continuous history of human settlement in this region over the past millennium.
- Inscribed
- 1997
- UNESCO reference
- 826
- Area
- 4,689.25 ha
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Counts are based on Zikzak's current UNESCO World Heritage dataset, sourced from UNESCO. Last updated 7 August 2026. UNESCO insights