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The Ciana Hotels 2008-11-19 17:00:00 There are four beautiful hotels which belong to the Ciana family: The Continental, The Laurin, The Metropole, and The Regina Elena. The Ciana
family also contributed greatly to bringing the Portofino Bay to the
attention of foreigners.
The Continental Hotel, which is found just below the Imperial Hotel and
thus in one of the most beautiful spots in Santa Margherita Ligure, can
boast of many illus Read more:Hotels
The Grand Hotel Miramare 2008-11-19 17:00:00 The GrandHotel
Miramare of Santa Margherita, a formidable construction, was transformed in 1904 by Giacomo Costa from a villa into a great hotel. Since then it has been managed by a series of different families, the Kuoni-Stoppani family, the Torriani family and finally by the Fustinoni family. Innumerable important persons have been stayed here; Emperors, Kings and Queens, Princes of Royal house
The Imperiale Hotel 2008-11-17 17:00:00 The Grand Imperiale Hotel
, in Santa Margherita Ligure an obligatory visit for all who come to
Rapallo, Santa Margherita, and Portofino, was constructed in 1889 as a
luxury villa for the Costa family, industrialists who had made a
fortune in Corsica in the area around Ajaccio.
Upon returning to their homeland they had the desire to build a
splendid residence in a location with one of the most beau
Villa Costa - Lo Faro 2008-11-17 17:00:00 The villa Costa Lo Faro, in a floral style whose tower is visible from almost every part
of Santa Margherita Ligure, is a "historic villa" that constructed in
1898 by Giuseppe Costa.
The design is by Antonio Revelli, same architect who realized the
facade the sanctuary of Mon tallegro. In addition to the original
owners who lit there at first before moving to Genoa, fir villa has
been the home of Read more:Villa
The Villa Spinola, now of the Sovrano Ordine di Malta 2008-11-17 17:00:00 I include the Villa
Spinola, foto, among the grandiose residences of the
Portofino Coast even though technically from an admini strative
standpoint it is not a part of it being instead in the city of Rapallo.
However, as I have already noted elsewhere, it was constructed right on
point where Portofino Coast begins and thus I have elected to consider
it. The point of Pagana has always constituted
The Castles of Portofino and Paraggi 2008-11-16 17:00:00 When one speaks of the Brown Castle it is normal to think immediately
of Portofino, however few know that the castle in Paraggi also belonged
to the Browns. Timothy Yeats Brown, originally of a Scotch family,
following the romantic footsteps of the poets Byron and Shelly, came to
Italy, to Portovenere where he lived on the island of Palmaria.
When he was named console of the United Kingdom to Gen
The Monastery of Cervara 2008-11-14 17:00:00 The Monastery of Cervara, found halfway between Santa Margherita and Portofino, is an important complex that fivm the middle ages received many illustrious guests who were travelling along the Dolphin coast. The name of the monastery derives from the Cervara family who were the proprietors of a good deal of land in the area. Interesting to note is the etymology of the name: Cervara derives from
The Villa Durazzo 2008-11-14 17:00:00 The oldest residences on this coast were in Middle Ages the monasteries. There were as guests important personages visiting the area. In XVth century grand palaces of illustrious Genoese families and, later, especially in XIXth century, elegant residences, successively turned into hotels, were built. This brief study takes us next into the environment where the personalities that constitute the th Read more:Villa
Festa del Cinema: Bellucci and Blanchett dress "our" tailors. 2008-10-23 17:00:00 (Festa del Cinema
, Rome) - Second day after "The Godfather" Al Pacino in the event desired by Veltroni to revive the image of Rome as a furnace of Italian and International Cinema. Red Carpet arriving in the dive promised by the organizers. Our Monica Bellucci
, as the movie Deuxième Souffle - you reserved the first entrèe - arrives accompanied by her husband Vincent Cassel in a black dress
with Read more:Blanchett
Santa Margherita and Portofino until the Kingdom of Italy 2008-12-15 17:00:00 Santa Margherita and Portofino until the formation of the Kingdom
of Italy
From here on the history of Santa Margherita Ligure (see below) and Portofino
revolves around the story of the families and their relationship with
the parishes. There were always animosities and parochialism was never
stronger than in this part of Liguria.
Between Portofino and Nozarego, Santa Margherita Ligure, San Giac Read more:Santa
Born Genoa, the Dominant city 2008-12-11 17:00:00 The lands along the eastern wing of Liguria were isolated because of
their odd location with respect to the principal centers where Italian
history was being played out.
Howerer they were not immune from the broader phenomenon that was in
proliferation in central and northern Italy particularly after the battle of Legnano in 1176, and that is the emergence of numerous small
towns and urban center Read more:Dominant
From the foundation of the first church of San Fruttuoso 2008-12-10 17:00:00 From the foundation of the first church of San Fruttuoso di Capodimonte to the apogee of the Abbey
When one speaks of San Fruttuoso with someone who knows this splendid
locality on the promontory of Portofino, few are aware that the
complete name of the nuclear abbey of this little village is San
Fruttuoso di Capodimonte. Capodimonte explains the name; San Fruttuoso
explains the legend which we w
Gabriele D'Annunzio 2008-12-03 17:00:00 In February 1898 Eleonora Duse was a guest in Santa Margherita Ligure.
The great artist was looking to recuperate her health compromised by
her strenuous theatrical tours.
Besides this, the vacation represented a special parenthesis to the
turning point which her relationship with Gabriele D'Annunzio had taken.
They had recently made up after the brusque break-up which she had
wanted because the
Umberto I di Savoia 2008-12-02 17:00:00 In 1879 the Rome-Genoa line, an important connection in the structure
of the Italian railroad, was completed. Umberto I, who at that time had
been king of Italy for a year, decided to travel the entire tract that
connected the capital with "La Superba".
The itinerary included a brief stop in the station of Santa Margherita Ligure.
The king already knew of the local amenities made famous by write
Alfred Noak 2008-12-02 17:00:00 In love with the beauty of the Ligurian riviera and in particular of
the Portofino Coast, Alfred
Noak dedicated a large part of his life
immortalizing it through photography.
He was a true prince of this art, one of the first, and we are indebted
to him for his many images of Santa Margherita Ligure and Portofinoof
his time.
He was originally from Dresden, the splendid capital of Saxony, called
Guy de Maupassant 2008-12-02 17:00:00 Who, driven by romantic sentiments, reaches Portofino by boat and
pauses for a few brief instants in a sort of enchantment and tries to
contemplate the spectacle before him, will have more or less the same
vision that struck Guy de Maupassant more than a century ago.
It is through the eyes of this author that one approaches this timeless village.
Yes, timeless! Because they are the same words o
Federico Nietzsche 2008-12-02 17:00:00 "Home is in those places where the soul is enchained" wrote Voltaire the
great french thinker. Fredrich Nietzsche
confirms this affirmation and
demonstrates how there is a profound connection between the places that
have inspired artists and intellectuals and their works.
In his book "Ecce Homo" he defined Portofino as a "small forgotten universe of happiness".
The magical charm of Portofino is Read more:Federico
Gerhart Hauptmann 2008-12-02 17:00:00 The great writer of German naturalism Gerhart Hauptmann came to spend
the winter as the guest of his friends the Browns in the castle in
Paraggi in 1912, when he won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his
celebrated drama "The Weavers. He had already divorced his first wife
Marie Thienemann, daughter of a rich banker from Dresden, and was
remarried to Margaret he Marschalk with whom he had alrea
Richard Wagner 2008-11-29 17:00:00 In the summer of 1853 RichardWagner
was living the Mediterranean
experience for the first time in Genoa. He was enthusiastic about the
city and its surroundings, its people and its atmosphere.
We know from a letter he wrote to his first wife Minna Wagner that "The
oleanders were high with flowers, the nights were divine". From the
esplanade of Castelletto the view of the gulf was beautiful: to t
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