In the waters off Porto Venere is the archipelago with the three islands of Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto, which surely represent the heart of Regional Natural Park of Porto Venere .
Tino, where there are interesting ruins dating from the eleventh century and the church dedicated to the cult of St. Venerio is Military Region and on it allows access only during the festivities in honor of the saint (September 13). There are the ruins of the abbey dedicated to the saint, built in the eleventh century. As a transformation of the chapel built in the seventh century at the place where he found the body of worship, born and died in the hermitage to Palmaria Tino. The islet
Tinetto, bare of vegetation, still preserves its ancient evidence of the presence of religious communities in this area, formed by the presence of the ruins of two separate bodies: in the western part of the century there was a small oratory. VI-oriented with an apse on the east by a building where there was more complex. The latter, with a church with two aisles and cells for monks, has different construction phases that followed until the eleventh century. When it was destroyed by the Saracens. It is also considered interesting to note the presence of a reptile on the island endemic, the pordacis tinettoi muralis, a very rare species of lizard.
Of the three islands of the Palmaria is the most popular and well known, especially between La Spezia, with regard to the seaside tourism: its beaches each year, spilling thousands of people who see it is chosen for its beautiful clear waters that lap at the coasts. The
Palmaria (which probably has the origin of its name to the term "Balma" = Cave, rather than the presence of palms) has interesting landscape values, also determined by the different topography of its sides: the east, descending gradually to the sea covered by lush Mediterranean vegetation, the West, defined by steep cliffs reach 188 m above sea level. To highlight the features of the island will provide a description of taking his cue from one of the most interesting itineraries, which is one over which the most important sporting event, the "Walk of Palmaria label", organized every year in May . The start is from Terrizzo, the ferry landing point, from where it is head east toward the Fort Umberto I - today's "fortress of the sea" - built in the last century under the administration of Count Cavour and Savoy used as a prison until the '50s. It stands on the tip of the School and falls above Schenello: After major restoration work, carried out by the city of Porto Venere by the Province of La Spezia and the contribution of the European Community, the "Fortress of the Sea" hosts thematic exhibitions, conferences, shows and important cultural events. Just before the road forks and strong, turning right, reaches the eastern side of the island, almost no man-made, a path that winds through a scented broom, cysts from the bright flowers, wild orchids, a delicate myrtle and other plants of the Mediterranean. The road reaches the Punta della Mariella, then above the "Cave Rock" el'insenatura Pozzale where some of the quarries " portoro" , the characteristic quality marble with black veins clear, active until a few years ago.
From here begins the climb towards the "Cape Island" where there are numerous small cavities (significant where the Cave of the Doves were found human remains dating to the Neolithic and animals now hosted at the Civic Museum of La Spezia) and then to the top Island where there is the Semaphore and Fort Cavour. The descent winds through pines and Aleppo pines to reach the north-western tip of the island near a niche that once housed the bust of King Carlo Alberto, erected in honor of his visit to the quarries in 1837 . Opposite, beyond the narrow stretch of sea, stands out with its unmistakable silhouette the church of St. Peter and in the background stand the imposing limestone walls of Muzzerone .
Accompanied by the unique vision of the landscape of tower-houses which constitute the unforgettable palace in the sea of \u200b\u200bPorto Venere, there is going to conclude the tour of the island returning to Terrizzo from where the journey had begun. As the Island Palmaria to its full extent, including in the Regional Natural delParco Porto Venere, the City has enabled the implementation of important measures aimed at its protection, but also the definition of a project to use intelligent its natural beauty. Proactive in this area was established in 1994, the CEA (Center for Environmental Education).
The property, housed in a fort that housed a battery of Experimental Navy, you stay in the dorms with kitchen and spacious indoor and outdoor - for study and recreation, is visited each year by a large number of young, motivated by environmental issues, which today are moving not for mere pleasure, but to deepen their knowledge.
Accordingly, the CEA is of fundamental importance for the enjoyment of the park, especially among boys, and is set to become a center of tourism awareness of environmental values \u200b\u200beducation, experiment, study and research.
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