Italian Riviera
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Riviera Italiana Riviera ligure | |
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From top down, left to right: panoramic view of Cinque Terre, Levanto, Bonassola, Sestri Levante, Santa Margherita Ligure, Portofino, Camogli, Alassio | |
| Country | Italy |
| Regione | Liguria |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1.8 million |
The Italian Riviera, or Ligurian Riviera (Italian: Riviera ligure) is the narrow coastal strip which lies between the Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain formed by the Maritime Alps and the Apennines.
The Italian Riviera includes nearly all of the coastline of Liguria.[1][2]
Italian Riviera Media
La Riviera italienne, travel poster for ENIT, ca. 1920.
Dolphin at the Aquarium of Genoa
San Fruttuoso Abbey, San Fruttuoso, Camogli
References
- ↑ Baughan, Rosa. Winter havens in the sunny South, a complete handbook to the Riviera (1880). London: The Bazaar.
- ↑ Black, Charles B.. The Riviera, Or The Coast from Marseilles to Leghorn, Including Carrara, Lucca, Pisa, Pistoja and Florence (1887). Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black.