Tragic storm in Manarola

Another tragedy at sea 5 Earth. The 27 September, a couple of young American tourists are overwhelmed by a wave on the cliffs of Manarola; the young can climb on the rocks though Sarah Scherer wounded but can not save themselves and after several long minutes it stops moving and dies drowned despite the intervention of rescue teams and Coast Guard Fire Department

It happens too often in these parts…rough seas is a fascinating but very dangerous, especially for those who, not the place, does not know the cyclical waves.

E’ wonderful to hear the salty skin Libeccio, for hours to surrender majestic sight of the surf…why not go a little’ further down…approach to be enchanted by the noise…soak up some’ the power of the sea…so there is not the wave arrives, can not reach…

.. But nothing is more treacherous sea that grows pushed by raging winds from the South…We call “Galegiada” that moment of apparent calm between”spun” wave and the next will be stronger than the previous…and then wait for the next, We wish our eyes could see a wave bigger and even more…we are in places where you can stay, away from the claws of the wave, we know, unforgiving.

Another soul to cry in the nights of fishing… in the beautiful solitude of the long miles of sea that separates us from the rocks…on which we climb to live…and from which the soul of the young American bride has issued its flight to eternity.

Andrea S.

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History – The Roman period

Surely the Ligurian tribes represented a major obstacle to the Roman that it's probably the Romans, reached the eastern limits of the Cinque Terre, gave up a real conquest territory and rugged dell'impervio; instead concentrated their activities in '”Agro Lunense”, the productive lowlands of the river Magra, where there are numerous archaeological- first of all the ancient city of Luni, with its famous amphitheater- Roman place names and land.

It is not unlikely that some of the Augustan age population to abandon the uncomfortable Ligurian mountain village to join in the work of Roman settlers sprang up around farms in Luni. Safe, even the Roman presence in Portovenere (mentioned by Strabo 50 AC), port city is not devoid of villas such as the breast of which are still vestiges Varignano. Finding no material or documentary evidence is instead come down to us to prove any of the towns of Roman origin Cinque Terre, as we know it today. The absence of such evidence can not absolutely deny the possible existence of settlements in the area at that time. Some predict that the Romans, completed the conquest of the Ligurian (177 aC), have used and developed the ancient road prehistoric coastal; you think that this track arise around small towns where they were changing horses, supply and any night of the caravans and travelers. In this context, there is the interpretation of the names of many towns of the Cinque Terre: Volastra, “Vicus oleaster”, il “land of olive trees” built next to one of the post stations; Manarola, “Manium Arula”, la “little altar of Hands”; Corniglia, il &the220;Cornelius fund”; Vernazza, “hibernacula”, maritime station of the Roman fleet. Riomaggiore and Monterosso are derived from the Latin forms in all likelihood “More Rivus” and “Mons Ruber”

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History – The pre-Roman

The first evidence of human presence in the far eastern Liguria are made from the deposits of the Cave of Pigeons Palmaria Island. This is the remains of human burials together with bones and fossils of animals, mixed with

hundreds of artifacts made of flint or jasper red (boxcutters, raschiatoi, arrowheads, etc..) and pieces of bone, especially deer, made-to tips, punteruoli, daggers and ornaments (perforated shells, teeth). Although with many doubts, it was stated that the fossil remains and artifacts belonged to hunters and farmers lived in the Upper Palaeolithic, when the island was still attached to the mainland. Of course, the cave was used for burial purposes in the earlier age of metals (3.000-2000 AC), when the island had already separated. In this period were made by the human remains and shell necklaces found in the upper layers.

The Neolithic (5.000-3000 AC) Instead it is witnessed by polished axes of a particular green stone, the “nephritis”. This is a variety of actinolite, which is in Liguria East at the outcrops of serpentinite (Libiola, Monterosso). All these data suggest that the area was inhabited from the Upper Palaeolithic hunters with permanent or temporary residence in caves or rock shelters; Neolithic is instead due to the development of pastoralism (bovine, ovine, pigs) while it is believed that agriculture (barley, wheat, etc. spelled.) has developed nell'eneolitico. Hunting, favored by extensive forests and environments rich in wild game, represented for millennia, possibly even to Roman times, a primary source of resources. Other events, definitely old, but not easy to date are the menhirs, large stones that were stuck vertically into the ground. One of these is present in the Sunset at the Chapel of S. Antonio and another on the ridge near Mount Capri. According to some scholars have calendar function, while others represented the precursors of the stele-statues, large stones engraved with anthropomorphic representations, widespread throughout the Lunigiana and dating from the Iron Age periods dall'eneolitico. With the Bronze Age (1.400-1.000 AC) states that the social organization “pagense”, common to other sectors of the Ligurian: centers, elementary, “vici”, were gathered in small districts, in “morning”, belonging to “castles”, situated in dominant positions and prevailing for defensive. The castle as close to the Cinque Terre is located on Mount Castellaro (Pinion Valley) and excavations have unearthed a large quantity of vases decorated fragment indicating a stable settlement and important. About the lines of communication used in pre-Roman times has assumed the existence of two main routes: the first from Portovenere halfway across all Cinque Terre and was probably used for transport of materials and activities related to agriculture. The second was to coincide with the ridge and used instead for a faster mobility and hunting. These were connected with the longitudinal axes aligned in the rearmost position castles. The road network does not exclude the existence of some pre-Roman times already landing on the coast of 5 Earth and then the local maritime trade.

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A little’ History of the Cinque Terre…

We decided to publish the story of Cinque Terre, that, as ancient, is little known because of the scarcity of documents found.
There are the first two chapters; it will be published every two weeks a new…

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