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The village of
Manarola was
founded about during the 12th century by
people coming from Volastra (the “vicus
oleater”: olive-trees’ village). More
probable for Volastra seems to be the
ethimologic origin from ligurian names such
as: “Viassa” (Biassa), “Vappa” (Viapra) or
Strà… In ancient times, Volastra was already
the post-stage used by the Romans for the
change of horses along the coastal road,
before the building of the Aurelia (109 B.C.).
From the overhanging hills, groups of
countrymen went down toward the sea and
founded this new coastal settlement.
Manarola was a
feud of the marquis of Carpena, then it
passed to the powerful family of the Fieschi,
lords of Lavagna, when the Bishop of Luni
yelded it to them, in 1252.
OTHER INFORMATION:
16th century: a lot of piratical raids in
all Cinque Terre.
1608: Cinque
Terre lost their function of Podesta’s
jurisdiction,
Manarola passed to the Captaincy of La
Spezia.
1797: the Republic of Genoa fell and it’s
the beginning of the napoleonic period.
1815: the Republic of Genoa joined the Reign
of Sardinia.
1874-1880: thanks to the Genoa- La Spezia
railway, Cinque
Terre went out from their
geographical isolation, and lived a slow but
progressive economic revival.
1926-1928: the building of the switch line
on Genoa- La Spezia railway. |
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