Manarola village Archivi - Casa Capellini

07/07/202007/07/2020

In your stay in Manarola, a visit to the Piè de Campu Mill, a journey through time

A few steps from the square of the Church of Manarola, we give our guests the possibility of an exclusive journey through time, but without Doc and his DeLorean, at least until 1963, but also earlier, setting the right date …

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26/04/202010/06/2020

In Manarola, many very small vineyards and an excellent wine

There have been reports of wine being cultivated in the Cinque Terre ever since the time of the Roman Empire, but from the Middle Ages the land was transformed with terraced strips for cultivation, which have sadly now been partially …

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18/01/202004/06/2020

The church of San Lorenzo in Manarola

Leaving Casa Capellini, in Ettore Cozzani street, you are on the church square; a few meters from the parish church dedicated to San Lorenzo martyr. a rare thing in Italy You immediately notice that the church, the oratory, the bell …

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17/01/202016/02/2020

Sailing ships and Casa Capellini

By the end of the 1800s, sailing by ships was gradually replaced by steam-powered ships, especially after the opening of the “Suez Canal”: this forced the sailing ships to circumnavigate Africa. From the data of the Italian Naval Register (RINA) …

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17/01/202016/02/2020

The carugiu of Manarola

“Carugi” are a typical Ligurian narrow roads, sorrounded by tall houses and palaces. The villages of the Cinque Terre have middle age origins, an they were used to be attached by pirates. “Carugi” are (in all the five villages) in …

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