Portovenere
Portovenere is a locality in Province of La Spezia, Liguria. Portovenere is situated nearby to the village Le Grazie, as well as near the hamlet Terrizzo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palmaria and Tino.
Palmaria
Island
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Palmaria is an Italian island situated in the Ligurian Sea, at the westernmost end of the Gulf of La Spezia. With an area of 1.6 square kilometres, it is the largest island of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting from the mainland at Portovenere.
Tino
Islet
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Tino is an Italian island situated in the Ligurian Sea, at the westernmost end of the Gulf of La Spezia. It is part of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting out south from the mainland at Portovenere. Tino is situated 3½ km south of Portovenere.
Scola Tower
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The Scola Tower - or tower of St. John the Baptist - is a military building located just beyond the northeastern tip of Palmaria in Porto Venere, in the Gulf of Poets in the province of La Spezia, Italy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Spezia and Lerici.
La Spezia
Photo: Gabriele Iuvara, CC BY 2.0.
La Spezia is a city and municipality at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the eastern part of the region of Liguria in Italy, the capital of the Province of La Spezia.
Lerici
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Lerici is a small town in Liguria, in the province of La Spezia. Due to the area's popularity among poets and other artists in the early 19th century, this part of the Italian Riviera is known as the Poets' Bay.
Portovenere
Village
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Porto Venere is a town and municipality located on the Ligurian coast of Italy in the Province of La Spezia. It has a population of 3,208. It comprises the three villages of Fezzano, Le Grazie and Porto Venere, and the three islands of Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto.
Portovenere
- Type: Locality with 3,510 residents
- Also known as: “011022”
- Location: Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
44.0586° or 44° 3′ 31″ northLongitude
9.8388° or 9° 50′ 20″ eastPopulation
3,510Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
8FPF3R5Q+FGGeoNames ID
6540565
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In Other Languages
“Portovenere” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Comune di Portovenere”
- Italian: “Portovenere”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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