Italian Riviera
The Italian Riviera, or Ligurian Riviera (Italian: [Riviera ligure] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is the narrow coastal strip which lies between the Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain formed by the Maritime Alps and the Apennines.
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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 |
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| • Total | 1.8 million |
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 (1880). Winter havens in the sunny South, a complete handbook to the Riviera. London: The Bazaar.
- ↑ Black, Charles B. (1887). The Riviera, Or The Coast from Marseilles to Leghorn, Including Carrara, Lucca, Pisa, Pistoja and Florence (Third ed.). Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black.