News from the Italian Parks: Liguria

(Manarola - Sede-, 09 Nov 17) Coast management, biodiversity, endangered species and marine plastic pollution are the focus of the European projects in which Cinque Terre National Park participates. These projects started a few months ago, and are now getting to the heart of the matter and producing their first results. The Par...

(Riomaggiore, 02 Nov 17) Cinque Terre National Park has prepared the Communication Plan (CP) for the MAREGOT Marittimo Interreg Project, of which the Park leads the communication component together with Regione Liguria. The Communication Plan is a fundamental document which ...

(Manarola - Sede-, 31 Ott 17) In the framework of a work-study programme, students of the class 5G at the Mazzini Foreign Language High School of La Spezia, led by experts from the Environmental Education Centre of Cinque Terre National Park, have drafted the texts of a guide describing the trails that connect Riomaggiore and Le...

(Genova , 30 Ott 17) MAREGOT is a project aimed at jointly preventing and managing the risks connected with coastal erosion, in the maritime area where the 2014-2020 Marittimo Italy-France INTERREG transboundary Programme applies. Highly valuable natural features and strong tourism flows characterise this coastal area;...

(Manarola - Sede, 27 Ott 17) During the meeting, which took place in Assergi, headquarters of Gran Sasso-Monti della Laga National Park, protected area experts and practitioners focused on the strategies to step from the first to the second phase of the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism in Italy. This transition phase c...

(Manarola - Sede, 24 Lug 17) The Festival (MORE INFO) Artists Grandi & Fanti Grandi & Fanti are a band from Riomaggiore (Cinque Terre) that plays in local dialect. As their name suggests, band members are mostly young people (“fanti”): Irene Somovigo (voice), Luca Scapin (bouzouki), Leonardo Franceschetti...

(Manarola - Sede, 24 Lug 17) Grandi & Fanti are a band from Riomaggiore (Cinque Terre) that plays in local dialect. As their name suggests, band members are mostly young people ("fanti"): Irene Somovigo (voice), Luca Scapin (bouzouki), Leonardo Franceschetti (guitar), Lorenzo Beschi (electri...

(Manarola - Sede, 13 Lug 17) Born in Tultepec, Mexico, Victor Contreras studied organ and harpsichord in Paris with Eric Lebrun, Élisabeth Joyé and Richard Siegel. He held organ specialisation courses at the Regional Conservatory of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (Val-de-Marne, France), at the National Music Co...

(Manarola - Sede, 03 Mar 17) To allow athletes to run safely, during the 47-km long trail running competition "Sciacchetrail", taking place on the pathways of Cinque Terre with departure and arrival in Monterosso, the following stretches will be closed: n. 532 (Riomaggiore - Manarola) from 08.00 am to 01.00 pm n. 586 (Vo...

(Riomaggiore, 23 Giu 16) LAUTARO ACOSTA He was born in Turin in 1987 from Argentinian parents. Being a student under Edoardo Oddone at the "G. Verdi" Conservatory in Turin, he obtained the Diploma in Violin in 2008 and improved his technique at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena under the guidance of Giuliano Carmign...