Explore Portovenere in Italy
Portovenere in the region of Liguria with its 4,097 inhabitants is a town in Italy - some 200 mi or ( 322 km ) North-West of Rome , the country's capital city .
Current time in Portovenere is now 04:12 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Rome " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Vezzano Ligure, Vernazza, Trieste, Turin, and Sarzana. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Vezzano Ligure . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Portovenere ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Portovenere overture
Da un viaggio alle cinque terre del 2005 ..
Le Cinque terre , come erano....
Nikon D700 video , about 3000 shots using 150 mm and 24-70 mm lenses for all of these shots www.matteo-destefano.it mogwai ..
Portovenere (HD)
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Portovenere (La Spezia, Italy) - Palmaria Island, harbour and landscape
Portovenere (La Spezia) Italy. Beautiful landscape of mountain and sea in the Liguria region ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Church of St. Peter (Portovenere)
The Church of St. Peter, is a religious building site in square Lazzaro Spallanzani in Portovenere, Italy, in the Gulf of Poets in the province of La Spezia.
Located at 44.05 9.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Palmaria (island)
Palmaria is an Italian island situated in the Ligurian Sea, at the westernmost end of the Gulf of La Spezia. Measuring 1.6 km², it is the largest island of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting out south from the mainland at Portovenere. The other islands, Tino, and the tiny Tinetto lie further south. In 1997, the archipelago, together with Portovenere and the Cinque Terre, was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Located at 44.04 9.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Scola Tower
The Scola Tower - or tower of St. John the Baptist - is a former military building located just beyond the northeastern tip (called tip Scola) of Palmaria (island) in Portovenere, in the Gulf of Poets in the province of La Spezia, Italy. It is part of, along with the Fort Cavour and Umberto I and the Batteria Semaforo, the defensive positions of Palmaria.
Located at 44.05 9.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori Teseo Tesei
See Decima Flottiglia MAS for Italian frogmen during and before WWII. COMSUBIN (Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori Teseo Tesei) is the elite combat frogman force and one of the Italian special forces. Italy was the first nation to use frogmen and human torpedoes. The Italian Naval Assault Divisions are considered to be the precursors to modern Naval Special Forces.
Located at 44.07 9.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
German submarine U-455
German submarine U-455 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for the Nazi German Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was laid down on 3 September 1940, launched on 21 June 1941 and commissioned on 21 August 1941 with Kapitänleutnant Hans-Henrich Giessler in command of a crew of 51. Her service began with the 5th U-boat Flotilla, a training outfit. She was transferred to the 7th flotilla for operations at the beginning of 1942 and again to the 29th flotilla in March 1944.
Located at 44.07 9.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
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